SIMBAD

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Téthys II
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 03/01/2013 - 18/01/2013
Chief scientist(s) MAILLARD-LENOIR Agnès , GAULLIER Virginie

GEOSCIENCES ENVIRONNEMENT TOULOUSE - UMR 5563

Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées

14 avenue Édouard Belin

31400 Toulouse

+33 (0)5 61 33 25 65

https://www.get.omp.eu/
DOI 10.17600/13450010
Objective Studying the Messinian Salinity Crisis on the Balearic promontory and using its markers to assess post-crisis vertical movement and the reactivation of the region. 1) Fine-scale continuous mapping of evaporites from land to the deep basin in order to answer the following question: What is the spatial-temporal variability of evaporites of the Balearic Promontory (evaporites on land, very thin or thick evaporates at sea)? 2) Using the Messinian as a marker of syn- and post-MSC deformations; isolating recent movements from previous deformations and quantifying them in order to reproduce the paleo-bathymetry and paleo-connections during the crisis. Were the evaporites in shallow basins continuous with evaporites in deeper basins before the recent deformations? The related project is 'Action Marges', Mediterranean study site.

Bibliography

Publications

Maillard Agnès, Raad Fadl, Chanier Frank, Heida Hanneke, Lofi Johanna, Mas Guillem, Garcia-Castellanos Daniel (2022). Plio-Quaternary strike-slip tectonics in the Central Mallorca Depression, Balearic Promontory: Land–sea correlation. Tectonophysics, 829, 229295 (23p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229295 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00756/86793/


Maillard Agnès, Gaullier Virginie, Lézin Carine, Chanier Frank, Odonne Francis, Lofi Johanna (2020). Découverte de la surface d’érosion messinienne onshore/offshore dans deux lieux clés : le Promontoire Baléares (Ibiza) et la marge est-sarde (Orosei) / New onshore/offshore evidence of the Messinian Erosion Surface from key areas: The Ibiza-Balearic Promontory and the Orosei-Eastern Sardinian margin. Bsgf-earth Sciences Bulletin, 191, 9 (12p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2020007 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00622/73392/


Ochoa Diana, Sierro Francisco J., Lofi Johanna, Maillard Agnes, Flores Jose-Abel, Suarez Mercedes (2015). Synchronous onset of the Messinian evaporite precipitation: First Mediterranean offshore evidence. Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 427, 112-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.059


Driussi Olivier, Maillard Agnes, Ochoa Diana, Lofi Johanna, Chanier Franck, Gaullier Virginie, Briais Anne, Sage Francoise, Sierro Francisco, Garcia Marga (2015). Messinian Salinity Crisis deposits widespread over the Balearic Promontory: Insights from new high-resolution seismic data. Marine And Petroleum Geology, 66, 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.09.008


Maillard Agnes, Driussi Olivier, Lofi Johanna, Briais Anne, Chanier Franck, Huebscher Christian, Gaullier Virginie (2014). Record of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the SW Mallorca area (Balearic Promontory, Spain). Marine Geology, 357, 304-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.10.001


Thesis using campaign data

Raad Fadl (2022). Architecture et histoire du Promontoire des Baléares pendant la formation du géant salifère méditerranéen (MSG) / Balearic Promontory architecture and history during the formation of the Mediterranean Salt Giant. PhD Thesis, Université de Montpellier.