GABES 2018

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Téthys II
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 01/05/2018 - 11/05/2018
Chief scientist(s) TRENTESAUX Alain

LABORATOIRE D'OCÉANOLOGIE ET DE GÉOSCIENCES - UMR 8187

Université de Lille

Cité Scientifique

Bâtiment SN5

59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq

log-com@univ-littoral.fr

http://log.cnrs.fr/

DOI 10.17600/18000472
Objective

The Gulf of Gabès (Souther Tunisia) belongs to the Pelagian Sea. This Gulf was studied at high resolution along its coast, and at a low resolution (oil industry resolution) offshore. These studies indicate quite abnormal conditions for a Mediterranean platform. Slopes are very limited, the tidal range reaches 2m which is exceptional for this sea a carbonate-dominated system and a system of incised valleys that are badly known. These valleys have been used as sediment drains during the Pleistocene wet periods intervals. Our objective is to acquire geophysical (sparker) data to build a detailed high-resolution stratigraphic framework differentiating auto- and aloo-cyclic processes. We want to make the link between the sediment dynamics, the important climatic changes of the region between high and low sea level conditions and between dry and wet periods.

Bibliography

References of National Seminar Communications

Zahmoul, R., Trentesaux, A., Reynaud, J.Y., Inoubli, M.H., Mansoura, M. (2021). Transferts et stockages sédimentaires sur le golfe de Gabès au Pléistocène. Journée de restitution du CPER MARCO. Le 13 octobre 2021. Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Zahmoul, R., Trentesaux, A., Reynaud, J.-Y. & Inoubli, M.H. (2019). Incised valley of the gulf of Games (Southern Tunisia) during the Quaternary. Contribution of very high-resolution seismic data. in 17ème congrès de Sédimentologie. Beauvais. Publ. ASF n°81. p159. http://www.sedimentologie.fr

Zahmoul, R., Trentesaux, A., Reynaud, J.-Y., Inoubli, M.H., Witt, C., Ouaja, M., Amiri, A., Mansoura, M., Abidi, O., Essid, A. & Hallek, F. (2018). Modalities of transfer and storage of sediment along the continental shelf of the Gulf of Gabes during the upper Pleistocene. Contribution of very high-resolution seismic data. 26ème RST. Livre des résumés, p 90.