VARUNA

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Beautemps-Beaupré
Ship owner Marine Nationale/SHOM
Dates 12/03/2019 - 25/03/2019
Chief scientist(s) RODRIGUEZ Mathieu

ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE PARIS

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75005 PARIS

+33 (0)1 44 32 30 00

https://www.ens.psl.eu/

DOI 10.17600/18001108
Objective

Previous oceanographic cruises conducted during the last decade in the Arabian Sea allowed the collection of geophysical data in the area of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction, where India, Somalia, and Arabia meet. However, a key component of the system remains poorly investigated : the Owen Transform, connecting the Sheba and Carlsberg Ridge. The objectives of this cruise are to characterize the Owen transform fault system and the related structures, as well as their subsurface structure (i.e. down to the basement). The dataset will help to understand how the Owen Transform system reacted to the kinematic changes affecting the involved plates since the Early Miocene. A particular emphasis will be put on the characterization of the structural evolution of the transform system and its potential migrations. To reach these objectives, we propose to acquire continuous multibeam bathymetric data, measure gravimetric and magnetic fields, and run sub-bottom and seismic profiles across the Owen Transform and the related structures (Error Ridge, Varuna Ridge). The stratigraphic resolution of Indus turbidites compares closely with the resolution of magnetic anomalies, which allows a very precise comparison between the structural evolution of the Owen Transform and kinematic changes. Eventually, the entire transform systems acting as the India-Somalia and India-Arabia plate boundaries will be mapped, from the Carlsberg Ridge to the Makran accretionary wedge.

 

Data managed by SISMER

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/


References of Articles published in other Periodicals or Scientific Works acclaimed in the Field

Alexandre Janin (2024) Les réorganisations des plaques tectoniques: de l'observation sur la faille transformante d'Owen à la modélisation globale, article sous presse pour Géochronique [article invité à l'occasion du prix de thèse Ami Boué de la Société Géologique de France obtenu par Alexandre en 2023].

References of Technical Reports

Janin, A. and N. Chamot-Rooke (2022) Raw seismic reflection data across and along the active Owen Transform Fault (Indian Ocean), https://osf.io/9r2jq/

References of International Seminar Communications

Janin, A., Coltice, N., Tierny, J., and Chamot-Rooke, N. (2023) The automatic detection of tectonic plates in 3D mantle convection models and plate motion changes, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023, EGU23-12628, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12628 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12628

Janin, A., Rodriguez, M., Chamot-Rooke, N., Rabaute, A., Delescluse, M., Dyment, J., Fournier, M., Huchon, P., Olive, J.-A., and Vigny, C. (2021) Active transpression along the Owen oceanic transform fault, India - Somalia plate boundary, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19-30 Apr 2021, EGU21-3285, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3285 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3285

Chamot-Rooke, N., Janin, A., Rodriguez, M., Delescluse, M., Dyment, J., Fournier, M., Huchon, P., Olive, J.-A., Rabaute, A., and Vigny, C. (2020) Geophysical investigation of the western end of the Carlsberg Ridge: preliminary results of the CARLMAG cruise, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4-8 May 2020, EGU2020-8997, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-8997 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-8997

Dyment, J., F. Szitkar, N. Chamot-Rooke, J. Escartin, M. Rodriguez, Y. Choi, P. Huchon, M. Fournier, J.-A. Olive, C. Vigny and M. Delescluse (2020), Oceanic Core Complexes Record Magnetic Anomalies, AOGS 17th Annual Meeting, 28 Jun to 4 Jul 2020, Korea [cancelled due to COVID-19]

Janin, A., Rodriguez, M., Chamot-Rooke, N., Rabaute, A., Delescluse, M., Dyment, J., Fournier, M., Huchon, P., Olive, J.-A., and Vigny, C. (2020) Imaging the past and present Owen transform fault: preliminary results from the VARUNA seismic cruise, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4-8 May 2020, EGU2020-7974, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7974 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7974

Dyment, J., F. Szitkar, N. Chamot-Rooke, J. Escartin, M. Rodriguez, Y. Choi, M. Delescluse, M. Fournier, P. Huchon, J.-A. Olive and C. Vigny (2019), The Magnetic Signature of Oceanic Core Complexes, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, AGU, Dec 2019, San Francisco, United States ?hal-02331626?, https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02331626

References of Atlases

Arnould, M., G. C Bhattacharya, G. Calvès, M. Cannat, N. Chamot-Rooke, M. Delescluse, J. Dyment, N. Ellouz-Zimmermann, J. Escartin, M. Fournier, D. Franke, P. Huchon, A. Janin, S.G. Kumar, E.S. Mahanjane, M. Mathew, D. Menier, J.-A. Olive, M. Pubellier, A. Rabaute, M. Ramkumar, M. Rodriguez, M. Santosh, D. Sauter, B. Sautter, M. Searle, M. Seton, M. Shuhail, M. Tsekhmistrenko, C. Vigny and V. Yatheesh (2020) The Indian Ocean and its Margins, Coord. M. Rodriguez and M. Pubellier, Eds. P. Rossi, C. François and P. Miles, CGMW-CCGM Collection: Changes Faces of the Earth. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343152598_THE_INDIAN_OCEAN_AND_ITS_MARGINS h

Thesis using campaign data

Alexandre Janin (2022) Les réorganisations des plaques tectoniques, de l'Observation sur la faille transformante d'Owen à la modélisation globale [Financement MESRI, sous la direction de Nicolas Chamot-Rooke et Nicolas Coltice] soutenue le 9 décembre 2022 à l'Ecole normale supérieure