OWEN-2

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Beautemps-Beaupré
Ship owner Marine Nationale/SHOM
Dates 14/03/2012 - 28/03/2012
Chief scientist(s) CHAMOT-ROOKE Nicolas ORCID, FOURNIER Marc

LABORATOIRE DE GEOLOGIE - ENS

24, rue L'homond

75231 PARIS CEDEX 05

+33(0)1 44.32.22.11

https://www.geologie.ens.fr/
DOI 10.17600/12090050
Objective

The OWEN-2 Cruise aimed at complementing the study of the active Arabia-India plate boundary using seismic reflection. The main objective was to image the sub-surface deformation down to basement by conducting a detailed mapping of seafloor faults scarps combined with seismic imagery across several pull-apart basins calibrated with drillings and cores obtained previously. To reach these objectives, we acquired continuous multibeam bathymetric data, measured the magnetic fields, and run sub-bottom and seismic reflection profiles across the Owen Fracture Zone and the Owen Basin from the Arabian continental margin to the distal Indus fan. Altogether, the active India-Arabia boundary and associated pull-apart basins have been recognized from surface to sub-surface for more than 800 km, on-board the BHO Beautemps-Beaupré French Navy ship, which was the only ship operating in these waters due to the recent strong piracy hazards.

Bibliography

Publications

Janin Alexandre, Chamot‐rooke Nicolas, Delescluse Matthias, Fournier Marc, Olive Jean‐arthur, Rabaute Alain, Huchon Philippe, Dyment Jérôme, Vigny Christophe, Rodriguez Mathieu (2023). Tectonic Evolution of a Sedimented Oceanic Transform Fault: The Owen Transform Fault, Indian Ocean. Tectonics, 42(5), e2023TC007747 (35p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007747 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00835/94691/


Rodriguez Mathieu, Huchon Philippe, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Fournier Marc, Delescluse Matthias, Smit Jeroen, Plunder Alexis, Calvès Gérôme, Ninkabou Dia, Pubellier Manuel, François Thomas, Agard Philippe, Gorini Christian (2020). Successive shifts of the India-Africa transform plate boundary during the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene interval: implications for ophiolite emplacement along transforms. Journal Of Asian Earth Sciences, 191, 104225 (17p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.104225 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00599/71129/


Rodriguez Mathieu, Fournier Marc, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Huchon Philippe, Delescluse Matthias (2018). The geological evolution of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction (NW Indian Ocean) since the Late Miocene. Tectonics, 37(5), 1552-1575. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2017TC004687 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00439/55043/


Rodriguez M., Bourget J., Chamot-Rooke N., Huchon P., Fournier M., Delescluse M., Zaragosi S. (2016). The Sawqirah contourite drift system in the Arabian Sea (NW Indian Ocean): A case study of interactions between margin reactivation and contouritic processes. Marine Geology, 381, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.08.004


Rodriguez Mathieu, Huchon Philippe, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Fournier Marc, Delescluse Matthias, Francois Thomas (2016). Tracking the Paleogene India-Arabia Plate boundary. Marine And Petroleum Geology, 72, 336-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.02.019


Rodriguez Mathieu, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Huchon Philippe, Fournier Marc, Delescluse Matthias (2014). The Owen Ridge uplift in the Arabian Sea: Implications for the sedimentary record of Indian monsoon in Late Miocene. Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 394, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.011


Rodriguez Mathieu, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Fournier Marc, Huchon Philippe, Delescluse Matthias (2013). Mode of opening of an oceanic pull-apart: The 20 degrees N Basin along the Owen Fracture Zone (NW Indian Ocean). Tectonics, 32(5), 1343-1357. https://doi.org/10.1002/tect.20083


Bourget J., Zaragosi S., Rodriguez Marine, Fournier M., Garlan Thierry, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas (2013). Late Quaternary megaturbidites of the Indus Fan: Origin and stratigraphic significance. Marine Geology, 336, 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.11.011


Rodriguez M., Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Hebert H., Fournier M., Huchon P. (2013). Owen Ridge deep-water submarine landslides: implications for tsunami hazard along the Oman coast. Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences, 13(2), 417-424. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-417-2013 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00133/24429/


Rodriguez Mathieu, Fournier Marc, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Huchon Philippe, Zaragosi Sebastien, Rabaute Alain (2012). Mass wasting processes along the Owen Ridge (Northwest Indian Ocean). Marine Geology, 326, 80-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.08.008


Rodriguez M., Fournier M., Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Huchon P., Bourget Julien, Sorbier M., Zaragosi S., Rabaute A. (2011). Neotectonics of the Owen Fracture Zone (NW Indian Ocean): Structural evolution of an oceanic strike-slip plate boundary. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 12(12), 1-24. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003731 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00133/24426/


Fournier M., Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Rodriguez M., Huchon P., Petit C., Beslier M. O., Zaragosi S. (2011). Owen Fracture Zone: The Arabia-India plate boundary unveiled. Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 302(1-2), 247-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.027