PAMELA-MOZ02

Type Service
Set This cruise is part of the set PAMELA : PASSIVE MARGINS EXPLORATION LABORATORIES
Ship L'Atalante
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 31/10/2014 - 04/12/2014
Chief scientist(s) ROBIN Cécile , DROZ Laurence

GÉOSCIENCES RENNES - UMR 6118

Université de Rennes 1

Campus de Beaulieu, Bâtiment 15

263 avenue Général Leclerc, CS 74205

35042 Rennes Cedex

+33 (0)2 23 23 35 35

https://geosciences.univ-rennes.fr/
DOI 10.17600/14001100
Objective Geophysical and geological surveying of the Zambezi sedimentary system (geometry and stratigraphic evolution); Structure and evolution of the Mozambique transform margin, from synrift to postrift; Looking for indicators of potential fluids; Sampling of microorganisms in the sediment column. This falls under the PAMELA project.

Published data

Marsset Tania, Jouet Gwenael, Courgeon Simon, Jatiault Romain, Deville Eric (2018). Map of the active fault system across the oceanic lithosphere of the Mozambique Channel, from the data of the PTOLEMEE (2014), PAMELA-MOZ02 (2014) and PAMELA-MOZ04 (2015) marine expeditions. https://doi.org/10.17882/55634


Data managed by SISMER

Sampling operations

Bibliography

Publications

Bessière Eloïse, Poort Jeffrey, Cornu Tristan, Leroy Sylvie (2024). Heat flow of the Mozambique channel: New data and predicted surface heat flow map. Marine And Petroleum Geology, 162, 106723 (13p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106723 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00872/98438/


Wilckens Henriette, Schwenk Tilmann, Lüdmann Thomas, Betzler Christian, Zhang Wenyan, Chen Jiayue, Hernandez-Molina F.Javier, Lefebvre Alice, Cattaneo AntonioORCID, Spiess Volkhard, Miramontes Elda (2023). Factors controlling the morphology and internal sediment architecture of moats and their associated contourite drifts. Sedimentology, 70(5), 1472-1495. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13093 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00823/93490/


Garzanti Eduardo, Bayon Germain, Vermeesch Pieter, Barbarano Marta, Pastore Guido, Resentini Alberto, Dennielou BernardORCID, Jouet Gwenael (2022). The Zambezi deep-sea fan: mineralogical, REE, Zr/Hf, Nd-isotope, and zircon-age variability in feldspar-rich passive-margin turbidites. Journal Of Sedimentary Research, 92(11), 1022-1043. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2022.033 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00807/91914/


Fierens Ruth, Droz Laurence, Jouet Gwenael, Rabineau MarinaORCID, Raisson F., Babonneau Nathalie, Robin C., Jorry StephanORCID (2022). Sedimentary evolution and effects of structural controls on the development of the Zambezi mixed turbidite-contourite system (Mozambique channel, southwest Indian Ocean) since the Oligocene. Marine And Petroleum Geology, 138, 105532 (22p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105532 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00745/85666/


Miramontes Elda, Thiéblemont Antoine, Babonneau Nathalie, Penven Pierrick, Raisson François, Droz Laurence, Jorry StephanORCID, Fierens Ruth, Counts John W., Wilckens Henriette, Cattaneo AntonioORCID, Jouet Gwenael (2021). Contourite and mixed turbidite-contourite systems in the Mozambique Channel (SW Indian Ocean): Link between geometry, sediment characteristics and modelled bottom currents. Marine Geology, 437, 106502 (20p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106502 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00693/80472/


Fierens Ruth, Toucanne SamuelORCID, Droz Laurence, Jouet Gwenael, Raisson François, Jorissen Elisabeth L., Bayon Germain, Giraudeau Jacques, Jorry StephanORCID (2020). Quaternary sediment dispersal in the Zambezi turbidite system (SW Indian Ocean). Marine Geology, 428, 106276 (29p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106276 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00634/74586/


Miramontes Elda, Jorry StephanORCID, Jouet Gwenael, Counts John, Courgeon Simon, Roy Philippe, Guerin Charline, Hernández-Molina F. Javier (2019). Deep-water dunes on drowned isolated carbonate terraces (Mozambique Channel, south-west Indian Ocean). Sedimentology, 66(4), 1222-1242. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12572 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00472/58418/


Fierens Ruth, Droz Laurence, Toucanne SamuelORCID, Raisson François, Jouet Gwenael, Babonneau Nathalie, Miramontes Garcia Elda, Landurain Steven, Jorry StephanORCID (2019). Late Quaternary geomorphology and sedimentary processes in the Zambezi turbidite system (Mozambique Channel). Geomorphology, 334, 1-28. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.02.033 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00483/59425/


Miramontes Elda, Penven Pierrick, Fierens Ruth, Droz Laurence, Toucanne SamuelORCID, Jorry StephanORCID, Jouet Gwenael, Pastor Lucie, Silva Jacinto Ricardo, Gaillot Arnaud, Giraudeau Jacques, Raisson François (2019). The influence of bottom currents on the Zambezi Valley morphology (Mozambique Channel, SW Indian Ocean): In situ current observations and hydrodynamic modelling. Marine Geology, 410, 42-55. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.01.002 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00476/58743/


Mah Christopher L. (2018). New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4539(1), 1-116. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1


Deville Eric, Marsset TaniaORCID, Courgeon Simon, Jatiault Romain, Ponte Jean Pierre, Thereau Estelle, Jouet Gwenael, Jorry StephanORCID, Droz Laurence (2018). Active fault system across the oceanic lithosphere of the Mozambique Channel: Implications for the Nubia–Somalia southern plate boundary. Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 502, 210-220. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.052 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00457/56874/


References of Technical Reports

Pierre Delphine, Guerin Charline (2015). Traitement de la célérité – Caraïbes 4.3. DIT.REM/GM/CTDI 20121212-CG01.


Pierre Delphine, Pitel-Roudaut MathildeORCID (2014). Positionnement carottiers – N/O L'Atalante. DIT.REM/GM/CTDI 20141117-DP01.


Pierre Delphine, Bermell Sylvain, Pitel-Roudaut MathildeORCID (2014). Intégration de points prévisionnels dans CINNA. DIT.REM/GM/CTDI 20140927-DP01.


Thesis using campaign data

Fierens Ruth (2019). Le système sédimentaire du Zambèze de l'Oligocène au Quaternaire (Canal du Mozambique, Océan Indien) : architecture, sédimentation et facteurs de contrôle / The Oligocene to Quaternary Zambezi Depositional System (Mozambique Channel, Southwest Indan Ocean) : architecture, sedimentation and forcing factors. PhD Thesis, Université de Bretagne Occidentale.


Courgeon Simon (2017). Cenozoic evolution of isolated carbonate platforms from the Mozambique Channel (SW Indian Ocean) : development and controls in active geodynamic settings. PhD Thesis, Université d'Aix-Marseille.


Bessette Sandrine (2016). Identification des communautés microbiennes des lobes terminaux du système turbiditique du Congo / Identification of microbial communities in the terminal lobes of the Congo turbiditic system. PhD Thesis, Université de Bretagne occidentale. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00498/60929/