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| Mas, Virginie; Mulder, T.; Dennielou, Bernard; Schmidt, S.; Khripounoff, Alexis; Savoye, Bruno. |
| The Var turbidite system is a small sandy system located in the Ligurian Basin (Mediterranean Sea). It is active during present sea-level highstand and shows four types of sediment transfer processes: (1) low-density turbidity surges generated by small-scale failures (2) low-magnitude, high-frequency (yearly) hyperpycnal turbid plumes, (3) high-magnitude, less-frequent, hyperpycnal currents and (4) high-magnitude flows generated by large slope failures. These processes have different imprints on the morphology of the system. Inversely, the topography plays a role on the behaviour of these flows. The depositional and erosional architecture of the system has been investigated in detail on the basis of SAR imagery and a set of cores using an interface corer... |
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Palavras-chave: Var; France; Gravity processes; Mediterranean; Turbidity current; Hyperpycnal; Flood. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00013/12458/11862.pdf |
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