ENVAR6

Type Oceanographic cruise
Set This cruise is part of the set ENVAR
Ship Téthys II
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 20/08/2007 - 27/08/2007
Chief scientist(s) KHRIPOUNOFF Alexis ORCID

LABORATOIRE ENVIRONNEMENT PROFOND

Centre Ifremer Bretagne

ZI Pointe du Diable

CS 10070

29280 Plouzané

+33 (0)2 98.22.43.04

https://www.umr-beep.fr/
DOI 10.17600/7450110
Objective The ENVAR 6 cruise planned for 20 to 27 August 2007 aboard R/V Téthys follows on from the ENVAR 1 to 5 cruises which set up various moorings and undertook core sampling at different times of year. This main objective of this new cruise was to sample fauna and sediment using two different types of corer along the Var canyon, in accordance with the appropriate strategy developed in the IFREMER-DEEP (Deep environment) and GM (Marine geoscience) departments. Five study sites were proposed. They were selected to cover the entire canyon system. Three sites are located in the upstream section: the first two are respectively at the mouths of the Var and Paillon rivers at a depth of 1,200 m and the third at the confluence of the Var and Paillon canyons (1,750 m). These sites will enable outflow of matter from the two rivers to be monitored. Two others are located at the foot of the slope in the Var valley (2,250 m). One is positioned in the valley and the other on the levee. This is a zone for major transfer and overflow of matter fluxes to a deep zone. The last site is found at the opening of the canyon on the DYFAMED station where the lobe of spreading of matter channelled by the canyon begins. The ENVAR cruises are multidisciplinary (biology, physics and geochemistry) and should provide better understanding of the dynamics and frequency of energy inputs channelled by the Var canyon, as well as their sources and consequences on the development of the surrounding benthic organisms. This falls under the European HERMES program.

Sampling operations

Bibliography

Publications

Hassoun V., Martin J., Migeon S., Larroque C., Cattaneo AntonioORCID, Eriksson M., Sanchez-Cabeza J. A., Mercier De Lepinay B., Liong Wee Kwong L., Levy I., Heimburger L. E., Miquel J. C. (2014). Searching for the Record of Historical Earthquakes, Floods and Anthropogenic Activities in the Var Sedimentary Ridge (NW Mediterranean). Advances in natural and technological hazards research, 37, 571-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8_51


Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Crassous Philippe, Lo Bue N., Dennielou BernardORCID, Silva Jacinto Ricardo (2012). Different types of sediment gravity flows detected in the Var submarine canyon (northwestern Mediterranean Sea). Progress In Oceanography, 106, 138-153. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2012.09.001 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00113/22394/


Heimbuerger Lars-Eric, Cossa Daniel, Thibodeau Benoit, Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Mas Virginie, Chiffoleau Jean-Francois, Schmidt Sabine, Migon Christophe (2012). Natural and anthropogenic trace metals in sediments of the Ligurian Sea (Northwestern Mediterranean). Chemical Geology, 291, 141-151. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.011 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00073/18435/


Mas Virginie, Mulder T., Dennielou BernardORCID, Schmidt S., Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Savoye Bruno (2010). Multiscale spatio-temporal variability of sedimentary deposits in the Var turbidite system (North-Western Mediterranean Sea). Marine Geology, 275(1-4), 37-52. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2010.04.006 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00013/12458/


Martin Jacobo, Miquel Juan-Carlos, Khripounoff AlexisORCID (2010). Impact of open sea deep convection on sediment remobilization in the western Mediterranean. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(LI3604), 1-6. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043704 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00011/12235/


Guidi-Guilvard L. D., Thistle D., Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Gasparini S. (2009). Dynamics of benthic copepods and other meiofauna in the benthic boundary layer of the deep NW Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 396, 181-195. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08408 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7416/


Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Vangriesheim Annick, Crassous Philippe, Etoubleau Joel (2009). High frequency of sediment gravity flow events in the Var submarine canyon (Mediterranean Sea). Marine Geology, 263(1-4), 1-6. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.014 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6640/


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

Martin J, Miquel J-C, Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Sanchez-Vidal A, Liong Wee Kwong L (2012). Impacto de la convección profunda en mar abierto sobre la removilización de sedimentos en el Mediterráneo noroccidental. Geo-Temas, 13, 617-620.


References of Technical Reports

Sevin Brian (2020). Influence des courants gravitaires sur la dynamique spatio-temporelle de la faune benthique dans le canyon du Var. Rapport de Stage de Master 1ère année Sciences de la Mer.


Fabri Marie-ClaireORCID, Pedel Laura (2012). Biocénoses des fonds meubles du bathyal et de l’abyssal / SRM MO. https://doi.org/10.13155/34117


Lietard Cecile, Puillat IngridORCID (2010). ESONET - European Seas Observatory Network. Third Periodic Management Report – 36 mo.


Thesis using campaign data

Thollon Maude (2020). Evolution des temps de transfert sédimentaire océan-continent au regard de la variabilité climatique quaternaire : apports des isotopes de l'uranium / Uranium isotopes as proxies for investigating land-to-sea sediment transfer response to Late Quaternary climate changes. PhD Thesis, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Université de Wollongong.