NAUTINIL

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship L'Atalante
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 04/09/2003 - 03/10/2003
Chief scientist(s) FOUCHER Jean-Paul

GEO-OCEAN - UMR 6538

Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Sud

Place Nicolas Copernic

29280 Plouzané

https://www.geo-ocean.fr/
DOI 10.17600/3010100
Objective

The main objective of the NAUTINIL expedition was to evaluate the importance of seafloor fluid emissions (water, gas, hydrocarbons) and their effects on the deep ecosystem of the Mediterranean. More than 30 scientists - geologists, chemists, and biologists - coming from 12 laboratories in France, the Netherlands, and Germany participated in the research work which involved detailed observations at fluid emission sites, sampling of the emitted fluids and of the sediments, and description of both the associated benthic seep fauna and microbial communities.

This falls under the MEDIFLUX (ESF Euromargins program) and GDR MARGES projects.

Scientific context

Main results

Data managed by SISMER

Sampling operations

Dives

Bibliography

Publications

Pierre Catherine, Bayon Germain, Blanc-Valleron Marie-Madeleine, Mascle Jean, Dupre StephanieORCID (2014). Authigenic carbonates related to active seepage of methane-rich hot brines at the Cheops mud volcano, Menes caldera (Nile deep-sea fan, eastern Mediterranean Sea). Geo-marine Letters, 34(2-3), 253-267. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-014-0362-6 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00186/29735/


Mascle Jean, Mary Flore, Praeg Daniel, Brosolo Laetitia, Camera Laurent, Ceramicola Silvia, Dupre StephanieORCID (2014). Distribution and geological control of mud volcanoes and other fluid/free gas seepage features in the Mediterranean Sea and nearby Gulf of Cadiz. Geo-marine Letters, 34(2-3), 89-110. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-014-0356-4 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00185/29644/


Prinzhofer Alain, Deville Eric (2013). Origins of hydrocarbon gas seeping out from offshore mud volcanoes in the Nile delta. Tectonophysics, 591, 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.028


Ducassou Emmanuelle, Migeon Sebastien, Capotondi Lucilla, Mascle Jean (2013). Run-out distance and erosion of debris-flows in the Nile deep-sea fan system: Evidence from lithofacies and micropalaeontological analyses. Marine And Petroleum Geology, 39(1), 102-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.09.006


Ritt Benedicte, Desbruyeres Daniel, Caprais Jean-Claude, Gauthier Olivier, Ruffine LivioORCID, Buscail Roselyne, Olu-Le Roy KarineORCID, Sarrazin JozeeORCID (2012). Seep communities from two mud volcanoes in the deep eastern Mediterranean Sea: faunal composition, spatial patterns and environmental control. Marine Ecology-progress Series, 466, 93-143. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09896 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00106/21725/


Ritt Benedicte, Duperron Sebastien, Lorion Julien, Lazar Cassandre, Sarrazin JozeeORCID (2012). Integrative study of a new cold-seep mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia) associated with chemosynthetic symbionts in the Marmara Sea. Deep-sea Research Part I-oceanographic Research Papers, 67, 121-132. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2012.05.009 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20915/


Southward Eve C., Andersen Ann C., Hourdez Stephane (2011). Lamellibrachia anaximandri n. sp., a new vestimentiferan tubeworm (Annelida) from the Mediterranean, with notes on frenulate tubeworms from the same habitat. Zoosystema, 33(3), 245-279. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a1


Camera Laurent, Ribodetti Alessandra, Mascle Jean (2010). Deep structures and seismic stratigraphy of the Egyptian continental margin from multichannel seismic data. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 341(1), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP341.5


Dupre StephanieORCID, Woodside John, Klaucke Ingo, Mascle Jean, Foucher Jean-Paul (2010). Widespread active seepage activity on the Nile Deep Sea Fan (offshore Egypt) revealed by high-definition geophysical imagery. Marine Geology, 275(1-4), 1-19. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2010.04.003 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00013/12457/


Gaudron S. M., Pradillon F., Pailleret M., Duperron Sebastien, Le Bris Nadine, Gaill F. (2010). Colonization of organic substrates deployed in deep-sea reducing habitats by symbiotic species and associated fauna. Marine Environmental Research, 70(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.02.002


Ducassou Emmanuelle, Migeon Sebastien, Mulder Thierry, Murat Anne, Capotondi Lucilla, Bernasconi Stefano M., Mascle Jean (2009). Evolution of the Nile deep-sea turbidite system during the Late Quaternary: influence of climate change on fan sedimentation. Sedimentology, 56(7), 2061-2090. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01070.x


Huguen Caroline, Foucher Jean-Paul, Mascle J., Ondreas Helene, Thouement M., Gontharet S., Stadnitskaia A., Pierre C., Bayon Germain, Loncke L., Boetius A., Bouloubassi I., de Lange G., Caprais Jean-Claude, Fouquet Yves, Woodside J., Dupre StephanieORCID (2009). Menes caldera, a highly active site of brine seepage in the Eastern Mediterranean sea: "In situ" observations from the NAUTINIL expedition (2003). Marine Geology, 261(1-4), 138-152. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2009.02.005 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11089/


Feseker Tomas, Daehlmann A., Foucher Jean-Paul, Harmegnies Francois (2009). In-situ sediment temperature measurements and geochemical porewater data suggest highly dynamic fluid flow at Isis mud volcano, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Geology, 261(1-4), 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.003


Omoregie Enoma O., Niemann Helge, Mastalerz Vincent, de Lange Gert J., Stadnitskaia Alina, Mascle Jean, Foucher Jean-Paul, Boetius Antje (2009). Microbial methane oxidation and sulfate reduction at cold seeps of the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Geology, 261(1-4), 114-127. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2009.02.001 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11087/


Bayon Germain, Loncke L., Dupre StephanieORCID, Caprais Jean-Claude, Ducassou E., Duperron Sebastien, Etoubleau Joel, Foucher Jean-Paul, Fouquet Yves, Gontharet S., Henderson G. M., Huguen Caroline, Klaucke I., Mascle J., Migeon S., Olu-Le-Roy KarineORCID, Ondreas Helene, Pierre C., Sibuet Myriam, Stadnitskaia A., Woodside J. (2009). Multi-disciplinary investigation of fluid seepage on an unstable margin: The case of the Central Nile deep sea fan. Marine Geology, 261(1-4), 92-104. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2008.10.008 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6586/


Gontharet S., Stadnitskaia A., Bouloubassi I., Pierre C., Damste J. S. Sinninghe (2009). Palaeo methane-seepage history traced by biomarker patterns in a carbonate crust, Nile deep-sea fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Marine Geology, 261(1-4), 105-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.006


Loncke Lies, Gaullier Virginie, Droz Laurence, Ducassou Emmanuelle, Migeon Sebastien, Mascle Jean (2009). Multi-scale slope instabilities along the Nile deep-sea fan, Egyptian margin: A general overview. Marine And Petroleum Geology, 26(5), 633-646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.03.010


Foucher Jean-Paul, Westbrook Graham K., Boetius Antje, Ceramicola Silvia, Dupre StephanieORCID, Mascle Jean, Mienert Jurgen, Pfannkuche Olaf, Pierre Catherine, Praeg Daniel (2009). Structure and Drivers of Cold Seep Ecosystems. Oceanography, 22(1), 92-109. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.11 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6387/


Lietard Cécile, Pierre Catherine (2009). Isotopic signatures (delta O-18 and delta C-13) of bivalve shells from cold seeps and hydrothermal vents. Geobios, 42(2), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2008.12.001


Bayon Germain, Henderson G. M., Bohn Marcel (2009). U-Th stratigraphy of a cold seep carbonate crust. Chemical Geology, 260(1-2), 47-56. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.11.020 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6450/


Dupre StephanieORCID, Buffet G., Mascle J., Foucher Jean-Paul, Gauger S., Boetius A., Marfia Christian (2008). High-resolution mapping of large gas emitting mud volcanoes on the Egyptian continental margin (Nile Deep Sea Fan) by AUV surveys. Marine Geophysical Researches, 29(4), 275-290. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-009-9063-3 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6395/


Ducassou Ernmanuelle, Mulder Thierry, Migeon Sebastien, Gonthier Eliane, Murat Anne, Revel Marie, Capotondi Lucilla, Bernasconi Stefano M., Mascle Jean, Zaragosi Sebastien (2008). Nile floods recorded in deep Mediterranean sediments. Quaternary Research, 70(3), 382-391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2008.02.011


Lietard Cécile, Pierre Catherine (2008). High-resolution isotopic records (delta(18)O and delta(13)C) and cathodoluminescence study of lucinid shells from methane seeps of the Eastern Mediterranean. Geo-marine Letters, 28(4), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-008-0100-z


Stadnitskaia A., Bouloubassi I., Elvert M., Hinrichs K-U., Damste J. S. Sinninghe (2008). Extended hydroxyarchaeol, a novel lipid biomarker for anaerobic methanotrophy in cold seepage habitats. Organic Geochemistry, 39(8), 1007-1014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.04.019


Garziglia Sebastien, Migeon Sebastien, Ducassou Emmanuelle, Loncke Lies, Mascle Jean (2008). Mass-transport deposits on the Rosetta province (NW Nile deep-sea turbidite system, Egyptian margin): Characteristics, distribution, and potential causal processes. Marine Geology, 250(3-4), 180-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2008.01.016


Omoregie E, Mastalerz V, de Lange G, Straub K, Kappler A, Roy H, Stadnitskaia A, Foucher Jean-Paul, Boetius A (2008). Biogeochemistry and community composition of iron- and sulfur-precipitating microbial mats at the Chefren mud volcano (Nile Deep Sea fan, Eastern Mediterranean). Applied and environmental microbiology, 74(10), 3198-3215. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01751-07 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6201/


Duperron Sebastien, Halary S, Lorion J, Sibuet Myriam, Gaill F (2008). Unexpected co-occurrence of six bacterial symbionts in the gills of the cold seep mussel Idas sp (Bivalvia : Mytilidae). Environmental Microbiology, 10(2), 433-445. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01465.x , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3928/


Mastalerz V, de Lange G, Dahlmann A, Feseker Tomas (2007). Active venting at the Isis mud volcano, offshore Egypt: Origin and migration of hydrocarbons. Chemical Geology, 246(1-2), 87-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.09.005


Dupre StephanieORCID, Woodside J, Foucher Jean-Paul, de Lange G, Mascle J, Boetius A, Mastalerz V, Stadnitskaia A, Ondreas Helene, Huguen C, Harmegnies Francois, Gontharet Swanne, Loncke L, Deville E, Niemann H, Omoregie E, Olu KarineORCID, Fiala Medioni A, Dahlmann A, Caprais Jean-Claude, Prinzhofer A, Sibuet Myriam, Pierre C, Damste J (2007). Seafloor geological studies above active gas chimneys off Egypt (Central nile deep sea fan). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 54(7), 1146-1172. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.03.007 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4455/


Gontharet S., Pierre C., Blanc-Valleron M.-M., Rouchy J. M., Fouquet Yves, Bayon Germain, Foucher Jean-Paul, Woodside J., Mascle J. (2007). Nature and origin of diagenetic carbonate crusts and concretions from mud volcanoes and pockmarks of the Nile deep-sea fan (eastern Mediterranean Sea). Deep-sea Research Part Ii-topical Studies In Oceanography, 54(11-13), 1292-1311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.04.007


Duperron Sebastien, Fiala Medioni Aline, Caprais Jean-Claude, Olu KarineORCID, Sibuet Myriam (2007). Evidence for chemoautotrophic symbiosis in a Mediterranean cold seep clam (Bivalvia : Lucinidae): comparative sequence analysis of bacterial 16S rRNA, APS reductase and RubisCO genes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 59(1), 64-70. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00194.x , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2176/


Huguen Caroline, Mascle J, Woodside J, Zitter T, Foucher Jean-Paul (2005). Mud volcanoes and mud domes of the Central Mediterranean Ridge: Near-bottom and in situ observations. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 52(10), 1911-1931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2005.05.006


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

Vanreusel, A.,Andersen, A.C., Boetius, A., Connelly, D., Cunha, M. R., Decker, C., Hilario A., Kormas, K. A., Maignien, L., Olu, K., Pachiadaki, M., Ritt, B., Rodrigues, C., Sarrazin, J., Tyler, P., Van Gaever, S. and H. Vanneste. 2009. Biodiversity of Cold Seep Ecosystems along the European Margins. Oceanography. 22:110-127.

Feseker Tomas, Dählmann Anke, Foucher Jean-Paul (2006). Thermal and geochemical evidence for episodic mud eruptions at a mud volcano? The Isis mud volcano case. CIESM workshop monographs, (29), 119-122.


Bayon Germain, Henderson Gm, Pierre C, Bohn M, Fouquet Yves (2006). Temporal activity of fluid seepage on the Nile Deep-Sea Fan inferred from U-Th dating of authigenic carbonates. CIESM workshop monographs, (29), 111-114.


de Lange Gert J, Mastarlez V, Dahlmann A, Haese R, Mascle J, Woodside J, Foucher Jean-Paul, Lykousis V, Michard A (2006). Geochemical composition and origin for fluid and gas fluxes at Eastern Mediterranean mud volcanoes. CIESM workshop monographs, (29), 103-110.


Gontharet S, Pierre C, Blanc-Valleron Mm, Rouchy Jm, Fouquet Yves, Bayon Germain, Foucher Jean-Paul, Woodside J, Mascle J, The Nautinil Scientific Party (2006). Methane-related carbonates and associated authigenic minerals from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. CIESM workshop monographs, (29), 97-102.


Huguen C, Foucher Jean-Paul, Mascle J, Loncke L, Ondreas Helene, Thouement M, Nautinil Scientific Party (2006). Mud/Brine expulsions on the Nile Deep Sea Fan: geophysical characterization and in situ dive observations of mud mounds in the Menes Caldera. CIESM workshop monographs, (29), 73-77.


Dupre StephanieORCID, Woodside John, Klaucke Ingo, Mascle Jean, Foucher Jean-Paul, The Nautinil & Mimes Scientific Parties (2005). Multi-scale seafloor mapping of active seep-related structures, offshore Egypt. CIESM Workshop Monographs, (29), 65-71.


References of Articles published in periodicals and magazines for the general public

Dählmann, A., 2005. Chocolademousse en rotte eieren op Middellandse Zee, in Maritiem Nederland (December 2005) (popular journal for maritime matters).

Mascle J., Foucher J.P., 2005. Chantier 9 Delta du Nil. GDR Marges Bulletin d'information, 7, 29-33.

Woodside J. and contributing scientists within projects ANAXIPROBE, ANAXIMANDER, MEDIFLUX, MEDINAUT, TTR-1, TTR6, TTR-7a, TTR-9, Chain-61, 2005. Mapping Turkey's SW Offshore using Mud Volcanoes, Symposium 5th Lustrum GeoVUsie, "Turkey, moving towards Europe", Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16 November 2005.

References of International Seminar Communications

Gontharet S., Pierre C., Blanc-Valleron M.-M., Rouchy J.-M., Fouquet Y., Bayon G., Foucher J.-P., Woodside J., Mascle J. and the Nautinil Scientific Party, Methane-related carbonates and associated authigenic minerals from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. CIESM Workshop Monographs 29, 97-102.

Bayon, G., Loncke, L., Dupré, S., Gontharet, S., Migeon, S., Caprais, J.-C., Huguen, C., Mascle, J., Pierre, C., Foucher, J.-P. and the Nautinil and Mimes Scientists, 2005. Active pockmarks, mounds and slope instabilities on the Nile margin: In situ observations, geophysical, sedimentological and geochemical evidence. General Assembly 2005, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005.

Bayon, G., Loncke, L., Dupré, S., Gontharet, S., Migeon, S., Caprais, J.-C., Huguen, C., Mascle, J., Pierre, C., Foucher, J.-P. and the Nautinil and Mimes Scientists, 2005. Active pockmarks, mounds and slope instabilities on the Nile margin: In situ observations, geophysical, sedimentological and geochemical evidence. General Assembly 2005, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7: 6953.

Boetius, A., Olu, K., Sibuet M, EGU 2005 Vienna, Plenary session US4, Invited Talk "Fluid flow associated ecosystems at continental margins".

Boetius, A., Extremophiles, Tokyo, Japan 2005, Key Note ?Microbial ecosystems of cold seeps and methane-driven subsurface environments.

Boetius, A., Key Note ISEB 2005, "Carbon Cycling, Sequestration and Energy Flow at Cold Seep Ecosystems"

De Lange, G., Dählmann, A., Mastalerz, V., Mascle, J., Woodside, J., Foucher, J.-P. Lykousis, V., 2005. High methane at enhanced-T brine outflow for Nile fan and at cold low-salinity fluid fluxes for Anaximander area mud expulsion structures. General Assembly 2005, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7: 9252.

De Lange, G., Dählmann, A., Mastalerz, V., Mascle, J., Woodside, J., Foucher, J.-P., Lykoussis, V., High methane at enhanced-T brine outflow for Nile fan and at cold low-salinity fluid fluxes for Anaximander area mud expulsion structures. Poster at EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly - 24-29 April 2005 - Vienna, Austria.

Dupré, S., Woodside, J.M., Klaucke, I. and the MIMES Scientific Party, 2005. Active fluid emission systems imaged by high resolution geophysics on the Nile Deep Sea Fan. General Assembly 2005, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7: 2147.

Dupré, S., Woodside, J.M., Klaucke, I. and the MIMES Scientific Party, 2005. Gas escape structures revealed by high resolution geophysics offshore Egypt. AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France, 11-14 September 2005.

Dupré, S., Woodside, J.M., Klaucke, I., Mascle, J., Foucher, J.-P. and the NAUTINIL & MIMES Scientific Parties, 2005. Multi-scale seafloor mapping of active seep-related structures, offshore Egypt. In: CIESM Workshop Monograph, Fluid seepages / mud volcanoes in the Mediterranean and adjacent domains, 29. In press.

Dählmann, A. Hagedoorn S., and De Lange G. J. (2005) On the origin of deep fluids at Eastern Mediterranean mud volcanoes: Evidence from stable Cl isotopes (submitted to GCA)

Dählmann, A., De Lange, G., Heeschen, K., Woodside, J., Lykousis, V.,Perissoratis, C., Alexandri, S., Ioakim, C., Kormas, K., Amann, H., Maggiulli, M., Mastalerz, V., and the ANAXIMANDER Shipboard Scientific parties. 2005. Gas and gas hydrates at the Anaximander Mountain mud volcanoes, Eastern Mediterranean: Distribution, quantification, and composition. VIII International Conference on gas in marine sediments. Sept 5-10, 2005, Vigo, Spain.

Dählmann, D., De Lange, G., Heeschen, K., Lykoussis, V., Perissoratis, C., Alexandri, S., Ioakim, S., Woodside, J., Kormas, K., Amann, H., Maggiulli, M., Mastalerz, V. and the "Anaximander Team" 2005. Gas hydrates in the Eastern Mediterranean: occurrence and biogeochemical environment compiled from detailed sampling of the Anaximander Mountains. Poster at EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly - 24-29 April 2005 - Vienna, Austria.

Feseker, T., Dählmann, A., Foucher, J.-P., 2005. Thermal and geochemical evidence for episodic mud eruptions at a mud volcano? The Isis mud volcano case. In: CIESM Workshop Monograph Fluid seepages / mud volcanoes in the Mediterranean and adjacent domains, 29. In press.

Feseker, T., Dählmann, A., Foucher, J.-P., Harmegnies, F. & M. Schlüter (2005): Thermo-hydrodynamic modeling of Isis mud volcano based on heat flow measurements and geochemical pore water analysis. Geophysical Research Abstracts (7).

Foucher, J.-P., Woodside, J., Pinheiro, L., Huguen, C., Mascle, J., MEDIFLUX and MVSEIS scientists, 2005. , Invited Talk, Fluid seepage on continental margins: recent results from the Nile deep-sea fan and the Gulf of Cadix continental slope. General Assembly 2005, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7: 7880.

Foucher, J.-P., Woodside, J., and the Nautinil and Mimes scientific parties, 2005. Active brine seepage through the seabed of the Nile deep sea fan (eastern Mediterranean). international conference and post cruise meeting of the trainaing-trough research programme, Geosphere-Biosphere coupling processes: the TTR interdisciplinary approach toward studies of European and north African margins, 2-5 february 2005, Marrakech, Morocco , Intergovernmental oceanographic commission, workshop report, 197, 30-31.

Gontharet S., Pierre C., Blanc-Valleron, M.-M., Rouchy, J.M., Fouquet, Y., Bayon, G., Boudouma, O. and the Nautinil Scientific Party, 2005. Methane related carbonates from mud volcanoes and pockmarks of the Nile deep sea fan. General Assembly 2005, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts.

Huguen, C., Foucher, J.P., Mascle, J., Ondréas, H., Thouement, M., Loncke, L., and the Nautinil Scientific party, 2005. Active brine seepage on the Nile deep sea fan: "in situ" dive observations on mud mounds in menes caldera (Nautinil cruise, 2003). European Geosciences Union, 24-29 april 2005, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7, 07332.

Mastalerz, V., Daehlmann, A., De Lange, G.J. (2005). Gas emission and composition from mud volcanoes in the eastern Mediterranean: Nile and Anaximander areas. Abstract for the EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly - 24-29 April 2005 - Vienna, Austria

Mastalerz, V., Daehlmann, A., De Lange, G.J. (2005). Hydrocarbon gas venting at mud volcanoes from the eastern Mediterranean Ridge and the Nile deep-sea fan. Abstract for VIII International Conference on Gas in Marine Sediments - 5-9 September, 2005 - Vigo, Spain.

Omoregie E, H Niemann, A Boetius and MEDIFLUX participants, EGU 2005 Vienna, BG2.03, "Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane and Sulfate Reduction in the Nile Deep Sea Fan (EUROMARGINS: MEDIFLUX)",

Omoregie E, H Niemann, A Boetius and MEDIFLUX participants, EGU 2005 Vienna, US4 "Microbial processes and diversity at cold seeps of the Nile deep sea fan".

Omoregie E, H Niemann, T Treude, A Boetius, ISSM/ISEB conference, Jackson Hole, USA 2005, "Molecular Diversity and Processes of Microbial Communities Overlying Methane Seeps".

Woodside, J.,Lykousis, V., Foucher, J.P., Dupré, S., Alexandri, S., De Lange, G., Mascle, J., Zitter, T., and Scientists of the ANAXIMANDER, MEDIFLUX, and MEDINAUT projects. 2005. Comparative Eastern Mediterranean mud volcanology. VIII International Conference on gas in marine sediments. Sept 5-10, 2005, Vigo, Spain, Abstr.Vol. 1-6.

Woodside, J.M., Dupré, S., Foucher J.-P., Feseker T., de Lange G., Mastalerz V., Dählmann A. & NAUTINIL and MIMES shipboard scientific parties, 2005. High activity at gas emission sites across the Nile Deep Sea Fan: geophysical evidence. General Assembly 2005, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7: 5279.

Dupré, S., Loncke, L., Deville, E., Niemann, H., Fiala Medioni, A., Daehlmann, A., Caprais, J.C., Prinzhofer, A., Mascle, J., Foucher, J.P., Woodside, J.M. and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party, 2004. Active seepage on top of the Nile deep-sea fan mud pies. 1st General Assembly, European Geosciences Union, Nice, France, 25-30 April 2004.

Dupré, S., Loncke, L., Deville, E., Niemann, H., Fiala Medioni, A., Daehlmann, A.,Caprais,J.C., Prinzhofer, A., Mascle, J., Foucher, J.P., Woodside, J.M. and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party, 2004. Active seepage on top of the Nile deep-sea fan mud pies. 1st General Assembly, European Geosciences Union, Nice, France, 25-30 April 2004. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 6: 504.

Dupré, S., Loncke, L., Mascle, J., Foucher, J.P., Woodside, J.M. and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party, 2004. Seepage on top of the Nile deep-sea fan mud volcanoes. 2nd Euromargins Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 11-13 November 2004.Stadnitskaia, A., H.Niemann, A.Boetius, C.Pierre , I.Bouloubassi and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party. Lithological characteristics of seep-related sediments recovered during Nautile dives on the Nile deep-sea fan, Eastern Mediterranean. European Geosciences Union 1st General Assembly, Nice, France, 25 - 30 April, 2004.

Dupré, S., Woodside, J.M. and the MIMES Scientific Party, 2004. Active fluid emission systems imaged by high resolution geophysics on the Nile Deep Sea Fan. 2nd Euromargins Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 11-13 November 2004.

Foucher, J.-P., Mascle, J., Woodside, J., Boetius A., and theNautinil shipboard scientific party, 2004. Fluid seeps of the Nile deep sea fan: first results of the Nautinil (2003) dive expedition. 37th CIESM congress, juin 2004, Barcelone. Résumé dans, Rapport du 37è congrès de la CIESM, 37, 29.

Foucher, J.P., Mascle, J., Woodside, J., Boetius, A., Sibuet, M., and the Nautinil shipboard scientific party, 2004. Submersible observations of fluid deeps on the Nile deep sea fan during the Nautinil expedition in setember 2003. European Geosciences Union 1st general assembly, 25-30 April 20004, Nice. Abstract in, Geophysical Research abstracts, 6, 04002.

Omoregie et al , EUROMARGINS conference Barcelona Nov 2004, "First results from the MEDIFLUX campaign: Microbial processes fuelled by seepage".

Stadnitskaia, A., H. Niemann, A.Boetius, C.Pierre , I.Bouloubassi and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party. Lithological characteristics of seep-related sediments recovered during Nautile dives on the Nile deep-sea fan, Eastern Mediterranean. European Geosciences Union 1st General Assembly, Nice, France, 25 - 30 April, 2004.

Stadnitskaia, A., J. S. Sinninghe Damsté & NAUTINIL 2003 scientific party. Lipid patterns of methane consuming microorganisms in diverse seepage environments. Nile deep-sea fan, Eastern Mediterranean. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 02030, 2005 SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU05-A-02030. © European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April, 2005.

Stadnitskaia, A., J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, NAUTINIL 2003 scientific party. Biomarker evidence for aerobic and anaerobic oxidation of methane in diverse fluid venting environments in the Nile deep-sea fan, Eastern Mediterranean. 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemstry, Seville, Spain, 12-16 September, 2005.

Stadnitskaia, A., J.S. Sinninghe Damsté, NAUTINIL 2003 scientific party. Biomarker evidence for aerobic and anaerobic oxidation of methane in diverse fluid venting environments in the Nile deep-sea fan, Eastern Mediterranean. 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemstry, Seville, Spain, 12-16 September, 2005.

References of National Seminar Communications

De Lange G., Dählmann, A., Mastalerz, V., Mascle, J., Woodside, J.,Foucher, J.P., Lykoussis, V., 2005. Eastern Mediterranean mud volcanoes: High emissions of methane, brine fluids, and low salinity fluids. Poster at NSG Meeting, Amsterdam; Nov. 2005.

Dupré, S., Woodside, J.M., Klaucke, I. and the MIMES Scientific Party, 2005. Gas escape structures revealed by high resolution geophysics offshore Egypt. 12th Annual Symposium of the Netherlands Research School of Sedimentology on Sedimentary Basins and Continental Margins: Key to the geo-environment. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30 November 2005.

Pierre C., Gontharet S., Bouloubassi I., Blanc-Valleron M.-M., Rouchy J.-M., Fouquet Y., Bayon G., Foucher J.-P., Mascle J., and Woodside J., 2005. Les encroûtements carbonatés associés aux volcans de boue et aux pockmarks du delta profond du Nil : caractérisations minéralogique et géochimique. 10ème Congrès Français de Sédimentologie, Association des Sédimentologistes Français, Presqu'île du Giens, 11-13 October 2005.

Dupré, S. [invited talk, chairman], Loncke, L., Deville, E., Niemann, H., Fiala Medioni, A., Daehlmann, A., Caprais, J.C., Prinzhofer, A., Mascle, J., Foucher, J.P., Woodside, J.M. and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party, 2004. In-situ observations on the Nile deep-sea fan gas chimneys. 7th Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 5 & 6 April 2004.

Dupré, S., Loncke, L., Mascle, J., Foucher, J.P., Woodside, J.M. and the NAUTINIL Scientific Party, 2004. Seepage on top of the Nile deep-sea fan mud volcanoes. 11th Annual Symposium of the Netherlands Research School of Sedimentology on Geo-Biosphere system: interactions and feedbacks. Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2 December 2004.

Stadnitskaia A., and J.S. Sinninghe Damsté. Composition and distribution of biomarkers related to the different seepage environments within the Nile deep sea fan, Eastern Mediterranean. Preliminary results. ESF-Euromargins meeting, MVSEIS-MOINDFORCE-MEDIFLUX: Margins geofluids. The Aveiro Forum, Aveiro, Portugal, 1-3 April, 2004

Dupré, S., Woodside, J.M. et les participants aux campagnes NAUTINIL (2003) and MIMES (2004), 2005. Signature géophysique haute résolution des sorties fluides du cône sous-marin profond du Nil. GDR Marges Chantier Nil, Villefranche/Mer, France, 21-22 Juin 2005.

Stadnitskaia, A., M.K. Ivanov, T.C.E. van Weering and J. S. Sinninghe Damsté. Fluid venting and mud volcanism in the deep sea: geology and biogeochemistry - In Shell International E&P, August 2, Rijswijk, the Netherlands (invited talk).

Stadnitskaia, A. & J. S. Sinninghe Damsté. Lipid patterns of methane consuming microorganisms and precipitation of carbonates in diverse seepage environments - In Max-Planck-Institut für marine Mikrobiologie, July 7, Bremen, Germany (invited talk).

References of Atlases

MediMap Group, B. Loubrieu and J. Mascle, 2008. Morpho-bathymetry of the Mediterranean Sea, CIESM/Ifremer, 1 / 3 000 000.

MediMap Group, B. Loubrieu and J. Mascle, 2005. Morpho-bathymetry of the Mediterranean Sea, CIESM/Ifremer special publication, Atlases and Maps, 2 maps at 1 / 2 000 000.

DEA or MASTER 2 using campaign data

M. Thouement, 2004, Maîtrise STU option Géosciences Appliquées, UBO Brest, tuteurs : H. Ondreas (Ifremer) et J.-P. Foucher (Ifremer): Report géoréférencé de données collectées à partir d?un véhicule sous-marin. Application aux observations faites avec le submersible Nautile sur le delta sous-marin du Nil au cours de l?expédition Nautinil (Septembre 2003).

Thesis using campaign data

Liétard C., 2007. Utilisation des mollusques bivalves comme enregistreurs des paramètres de l'environnement marin côtier et profond. Thèse Université Pierre et Marie Curie.

Omoregie E. O., 2007. Function and diversity of marine and hypersaline mat forming microbial communities. Ph.D. thesis MARMIC,JUB.

Gontharet S., 2006 Les suintements hydrothermaux froids et leur impact sur l?écosystème benthique. Thèse Université Pierre et Marie Curie.