MINERCOT 2

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Téthys II
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 10/06/2005 - 16/06/2005
Chief scientist(s) RABOUILLE Christophe ORCID

LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT - UMR 8212

Orme des Merisiers

Bâtiment 714

Chemin de Saint Aubin - RD 128

91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex

+33(0)1 69 08 77 11

contact@lsce.ipsl.fr

https://www.lsce.ipsl.fr/
DOI 10.17600/5450170
Objective In order to determine the fate of organic particles from the Rhone river once in the Gulf of Lion, we proposed to take measurements of organic matter recylcing in the sediments of the Rhone prodelta, the first place where these particles are deposited. Two techniques were implemented to measure the oxygen demand of the sediment and in situ oxygen profiles. The SOD measurements were done by incubated core samples on board or in the laboratory in chamber kept at a constant temperature (Denis et al., 2001). The oxygen profile measures were taken in situ using an autonomous benthic profiler. Profiles were taken in 0.2 mm steps thanks to polarographic micro-electrodes which provide sufficient resolution to be able to estimate the flux of diffusive oxygen. This falls under the PNEC project, Gulf of Lions worksite.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Goineau A., Fontanier Christophe, Mojtahid M., Fanget Anne-Sophie, Bassetti M-A., Berne Serge, Jorissen F. (2015). Live−dead comparison of benthic foraminiferal faunas from the Rhône prodelta (Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean): Development of a proxy for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Marine Micropaleontology, 119, 17-33. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2015.07.002 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00273/38399/


Cathalot Cecile, Rabouille Christophe, Tisnerat-Laborde N., Toussaint Flora, Kerherve P., Buscail R., Loftis K., Sun M. -Y., Tronczynski Jacek, Azoury S., Lansard Bruno, Treignier Claire, Pastor L., Tesi T. (2013). The fate of river organic carbon in coastal areas: A study in the Rhone River delta using multiple isotopic (delta C-13, Delta C-14) and organic tracers. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 118, 33-55. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.001 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00157/26784/


Goineau A., Fontanier C., Jorissen F. J., Lansard B., Buscail R., Mouret A., Kerherve P., Zaragosi S., Ernoult E., Altero C., Anschutz P., Metzger E., Rabouille C. (2011). Live (stained) benthic foraminifera from the Rhone prodelta (Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean): Environmental controls on a river-dominated shelf. Journal of Sea Research, 65(1), 58-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2010.07.007


Lansard Bruno, Grenz Christian, Charmasson Sabine, Schaaff Estelle, Pinazo Christel (2006). Potential plutonium remobilisation linked to marine sediment resuspension: First estimates based on flume experiments. Journal Of Sea Research, 55(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2005.08.003