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| Menesguen, Claire; Hua, Bach-lien; Carton, Xavier; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Schnurle, Philippe; Reichert, C.. |
| The North Atlantic temperature and salinity distributions are strongly influenced by the existence of Mediterranean eddies (meddies) which significantly contribute to the transport of the warm and salty Mediterranean Water along different pathways. The most common pathways are observed to be North and West of the Canary Current. However, a 2011 seismic reflection cruise conducted by BGR and Ifremer near the North-Western African margin of Morocco, MIRROR Leg 2, revealed the presence of a meddy south of the Azores front and very close to the Morocco coastline. This unusual location of a strong Mediterranean Water anomaly is confirmed by other data. Moreover, meddies are long-lived structures whose dynamics and dissipation are not yet completely understood.... |
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| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00074/18499/16046.pdf |
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| Biari, Youssef; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Sahabi, Mohamed; Aslanian, Daniel; Schnurle, Philippe; Berglar, K.; Moulin, Maryline; Mehdi, K.; Graindorge, D.; Evain, Mikael; Benabdellouahed, Massinissa; Reichert, C.. |
| The structure of the Moroccan and Nova Scotia conjugate rifted margins is of key importance for understanding the Mesozoic break-up and evolution of the northern central Atlantic Ocean basin. Seven combined multichannel reflection (MCS) and wide-angle seismic (OBS) data profiles were acquired along the Atlantic Moroccan margin between the latitudes of 31.5° and 33° N during the MIRROR seismic survey in 2011, in order to image the transition from continental to oceanic crust, to study the variation in crustal structure and to characterize the crust under the West African Coast Magnetic Anomaly (WACMA). The data were modeled using a forward modeling approach. The final models image crustal thinning from 36 km thickness below the continent to approximately 8... |
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Palavras-chave: Moroccan continental margin; Wide-angle seismic modeling; Deep crustal structure; Ocean continent transition. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00273/38401/36726.pdf |
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| Benabdellouahed, Massinissa; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Gutscher, M. -a.; Rabineau, Marina; Biari, Youssef; Hafid, M.; Duarte, J. C.; Schnabel, M.; Baltzer, Agnes; Pedoja, K.; Le Roy, P.; Reichert, C.; Sahabi, M.. |
| Re-examination of marine geophysical data from the continental margin of West Morocco reveals a broad zone characterized by deformation, active faults and updoming offshore the High Atlas (Morocco margin), situated next to the Tafelney Plateau. Both seismic reflection and swath-bathymetric data, acquired during Mirror marine geophysical survey in 2011, indicate recent uplift of the margin including uplift of the basement. This deformation, which we propose to name the Atlantic Atlas tectonic arch, is interpreted to result largely through uplift of the basement, which originated during the Central Atlantic rifting stage - or even during phases of Hercynian deformation. This has produced a large number of closely spaced normal and reverse faults, “piano key... |
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Palavras-chave: Atlas Mountain belt; Tectonic arch; Moroccan passive margin; Submerged terraces; Uplift. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00378/48975/49382.pdf |
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| Biari, Youssef; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Sahabi, Mohamed; Funck, T.; Benabdellouahed, Massinissa; Schnabel, M.; Reichert, C.; Gutscher, M-a; Bronner, Adrien; Austin, J. A.. |
| Study of the deep structure of conjugate passive continental margins combined with detailed plate kinematic reconstructions can provide constraints on the mechanisms of rifting and formation of initial oceanic crust. In this study the central Atlantic conjugate margins are compared based on compilation of wide-angle seismic profiles from NW Africa Nova Scotian and U.S. passive margins. The patterns of volcanism, crustal thickness, geometry, and seismic velocities in the transition zone suggest symmetric rifting followed by asymmetric oceanic crustal accretion. Conjugate profiles in the southern central Atlantic image differences in the continental crustal thickness. While profiles on the eastern U.S. margin are characterized by thick layers of magmatic... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep structure; Plate reconstruction; Wide-angle seismic; Passive margins. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00389/50072/50666.pdf |
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