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| Champilou, Jean-baptiste; Baltzer, Agnes; Murat, Anne; Reynaud, Marine; Maillet, Grégoire M.; Nardelli, Maria Pia; Metzger, Édouard. |
| In the shallow waters of the Bay of Concarneau (South Brittany, France), previous studies reported a dense settlement of the species Haploops (tube-dwelling bioengineer amphipod) that perfectly overlaps a field of pockmarks. A possible mechanistic link may therefore exist between the Haploops colonies and the shallow pockmarks. To test this hypothesis, interferometry sonar and sub-bottom profiler chirp data were acquired in two new areas located in the marine estuary of the Loire River, “La Lambarde” and “Le Croisic”. The new sites share the same sedimentary and geological characteristics as those found in the Bay of Concarneau. The three sites are similarly located in shallow and muddy environments above a faulted Middle Eocene formation that is incised... |
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Palavras-chave: Shallow waters; South Brittany (France); Geophysics; Pockmarks; Haploops. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00502/61324/64896.pdf |
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| Baltzer, Agnes; Reynaud, Marine; Ehrhold, Axel; Fournier, Jerome; Cordier, Celine; Clouet, Helene. |
| About a decade ago, a large field of pockmarks, covering an overall area of 36 km(2) was discovered in water depths of < 30m in the central part of the Bay of Concarneau (Southern Brittany, France). This field, composed of features from 5 m to 35 m in diameter and < 1 m in depth, is characterized by unusual high densities of pockmarks, up to 5840 per square kilometre. Geophysical data correlated with sedimentary samples acquired in 2005 and 2009 show that pockmarks and their immediate surroundings are associated with dense tubes benches cover, built by a filter-feeding amphipod: Haploops nirae, forming original benthic communities. Two complementary surveys were carried out in April 2011 (Pock and Ploops) and April 2014 (Pock and Tide), on the... |
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Palavras-chave: Géophysique; Marée; Failles; Gaz; Geophysics; Pockmarks; Tide; Turbidity; Gas; Chimneys pipes; Concarneau. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00410/52107/52938.pdf |
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