PROGRAMME SEDICAR 4
| Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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| Ship | Marion Dufresne |
| Ship owner | TAAF |
| Dates | 17/06/2004 - 20/06/2004 |
| Chief scientist(s) | BOURILLET Jean-François  |
DPT RESSOURCES PHYSIQUES ET ECOSYSTÈMES DE FOND DE MER (REM) IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS10070 29280 PLOUZANE |
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| DOI | 10.17600/4200210 |
| Objective | The SEDICAR 4 (sediment coring) program is included in the MD142/ALIENOR2 (A LIbon-El Ferrol cruise. A support for North Oriental Atlantic Research). The core sampling cruise's aim is to discover the response of a complete sedimentary system, that of the Channel, to the high climatic variability of the terminal Quaternary period. The objectives consisted in: studying sediment transfers from the shelf edge towards deep systems by characterizing the various sedimentary figures (interfluve, channels/levees) and by distinguishing between the different input sources (glacial from the British Isles, periglacial from the English Channel or Loire river systems). reproduce the paleoenvironmental conditions of the Bay of Biscay and in particular, try to track back to a period whose environmental conditions are closer to the current ones, ie about 400,000 years ago. The related programs are Ifremer's margin program, Image, GDR Marge. |
