MERCAUX 2013

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Côtes De La Manche
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 30/08/2013 - 10/09/2013
Chief scientist(s) PAQUET Fabien ORCID

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MIN./GEO (BRGM, ORLEANS)

BRGM

3 av Claude Guillemin

BP 36009

45060 ORLEANS CEDEX 2

+33 (0)2 38 64 33 45

https://www.brgm.fr/fr
DOI 10.17600/13480060
Objective The MERCAUX cruise is part of a mission to improve geological knowledge about the French continental shelf in the framework of the RGF (Référentiel Géologique de la France) programme and the Continental shelf project. The main objectives are to: (i) to specify the shape of large (Meso-Cenozoic) geological units present in the northern Bay of Seine and offshore from the Pays de Caux region, (ii) describe in detail the sedimentary geometries within these large units, and (iii) improve the regional structural pattern, in particular with better characterization of the Fecamp fault.

Bibliography

Publications

Paquet F., Thinon Isabelle, Dugué O., Tessier B., Benabdellouahed Massinissa, Lasseur E., Briais J., Couëffé R., Gennoc P., Gaullier V. (2023). The Central English Channel troughs: major source-to-sink remnants or giant tidal scours? Marine And Petroleum Geology, 153, 106303 (19p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106303 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00835/94692/