EXTREMA 1

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship L'Europe
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 07/03/2008 - 24/03/2008
Chief scientist(s) ARNAUD Mireille

LERCM - SITE DE TOULON

CENTRE IFREMER

BP 330

83507 LA SEYNE SUR MER

https://www.irsn.fr/
DOI 10.17600/8060020
Objective The two EXTREMA cruises (1 and 2) focused on the influence of Rhone river inflows both in the coastal zone and in the Rhone prodelta. Stocking of fine sediments carried by the Rhone and their time of stay in the prodelta zone were particularly studied, insofar as trace contaminants are particularly associated with the finest material. This involved specifying the redistributions/translocation of masses and of related contaminants in response to storms and floods. The first cruise also provided an estimation of the sedimentary make-up before an ADCP (current and swell measurements) and an altimeter (measuring sediment level) were launched at the East Roustan buoy. The second cruise will enable another evaluation after recovering the instruments at the East Roustan buoy. In order to track inputs from land in the area, natural (210Pb, 7Be, etc.) and artificial (137Cs, 239+240Pu, etc.) radionuclides, metals and foraminifera were used as markers. Radionuclides and metals are used classically to quantify sedimentation processes and are also used in this project to study phenomena of translocated sediments carried by the Rhone River in the Gulf of Lion.

Published data

Augris Claude, Agin Gregory, Berne Serge, Arnaud Mireille, Guizien Katell, Chatelain Mathieu, Labrune Céline, Carbonnel Philippe, Maillet Grégoire, Grenz Christian, Vella Claude, Nittrouer Charles Chuck, Bourrin François, Certain Raphaël, Durrieu De Madron Xavier, Garlan Thierry, Dufois Francois, Jouet Gwenael, Dennielou Bernard, Simplet Laure (2013). Seabed substrate database from a compilation of sediment samples taken during oceanographic campaigns carried out in the Gulf of Lion by Ifremer, CEFREM, IRSN, CEREGE, FOB, MIO, LECOB, The Conseil Général de l'Hérault and Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse Water Agency. Results of grain size analysis performed on samples. https://doi.org/10.17882/81430


Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Wu Junwen, Rabouille Christophe, Charmasson Sabine, Reyss Jean Louis, Cagnat Xavier (2018). Constraining the origin of recently deposited particles using natural radionuclides 7 Be and 234 Th ex in deltaic sediments. Continental Shelf Research, 165, 106-119. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2018.06.010 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00445/55628/


Bouloubassi Ioanna, Roussiez Vincent, Azzoug Moufok, Lorre Anne (2012). Sources, dispersal pathways and mass budget of sedimentary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the NW Mediterranean margin, Gulf of Lions. Marine Chemistry, 142, 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2012.07.003


Roussiez Vincent, Ludwig Wolfgang, Radakovitch Olivier, Probst Jean-Luc, Monaco Andre, Charriere Bruno, Buscail Roselyne (2011). Fate of metals in coastal sediments of a Mediterranean flood-dominated system: An approach based on total and labile fractions. Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science, 92(3), 486-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.02.009


Marion C., Dufois Francois, Arnaud Mireille, Vella C. (2010). In situ record of sedimentary processes near the Rhone River mouth during winter events (Gulf of Lions, Mediterranean Sea). Continental Shelf Research, 30(9), 1095-1107. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2010.02.015 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00006/11695/


Lansard Bruno, Rabouille Christophe, Denis Lionel, Grenz Christian (2008). In situ oxygen uptake rates by coastal sediments under the influence of the Rhone River (NW Mediterranean Sea). Continental Shelf Research, 28(12), 1501-1510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2007.10.010


Ollivier Patrick, Claude Christelle, Radakovitch Olivier, Hamelin Bruno (2008). TIMS measurements of Ra-226 and Ra-228 in the Gulf of Lion, an attempt to quantify submarine groundwater discharge. Marine Chemistry, 109(3-4), 337-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2007.08.006


Radakovitch Olivier, Roussiez Vincent, Ollivier Patrick, Ludwig Wolfgang, Grenz Christian, Probst Jean-Luc (2008). Input of particulate heavy metals from rivers and associated sedimentary deposits on the Gulf of Lion continental shelf. Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science, 77(2), 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.028


Lansard Bruno, Charmasson Sabine, Gasco C., Anton M. P., Grenz Christian, Arnaud Mireille (2007). Spatial and temporal variations of plutonium isotopes (Pu-238 and Pu-239,Pu-240) in sediments off the Rhone River mouth (NW Mediterranean). Science Of The Total Environment, 376(1-3), 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.069


Beaudouin Celia, Suc Jean-Pierre, Escarguel Gilles, Arnaud Mireille, Charmasson Sabine (2007). The significance of pollen signal in present-day marine terrigenous sediments: The example of the Gulf of Lions (western Mediterranean Sea). Geobios, 40(2), 159-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2006.04.003


Miralles Jérôme, Arnaud M, Radakovitch O, Marion C, Cagnat X (2006). Radionuclide deposition in the Rhone River Prodelta (NW Mediterranean sea) in response to the December 2003 extreme flood. Marine Geology, 234(1-4), 179-189. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.004 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2273/


Maillet Grégoire M., Vella Claude, Berne Serge, Friend Patrick L., Amos Carl L., Fleury Thomas J., Normand Alain (2006). Morphological changes and sedimentary processes induced by the December 2003 flood event at the present mouth of the Grand Rhone River (southern France). Marine Geology, 234(1-4), 159-177. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.025 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2304/


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


Roussiez V, Aloisi Jc, Monaco A, Ludwig W (2005). Early muddy deposits along the Gulf of Lions shoreline: A key for a better understanding of land-to-sea transfer of sediments and associated pollutant fluxes. Marine Geology, 222, 345-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.023


Beaudouin C, Suc Jp, Acherki N, Courtois L, Rabineau M, Aliosi Jc, Sierro Fj, Oberlin C (2005). Palynology of the northwestern Mediterranean shelf (Gulf of Lions): First vegetational record for the last climatic cycle. Marine And Petroleum Geology, 22(6-7), 845-863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.03.005


Beaudouin C, Suc Jp, Cambon Gildas, Touzani A, Giresse P, Pont D, Aloisi Jc, Marsset TaniaORCID, Cochonat Pierre, Duzer D, Ferrier J (2005). Present-day rhythmic deposition in the grand Rhone prodelta (NW Mediterranean) according to high-resolution pollen analyses. Journal Of Coastal Research, 21(2), 292-306. https://doi.org/10.2112/02-878.1


Thesis using campaign data

Marion Cedric (2010). Dynamique et bilans des transferts particulaires de radioéléments d’origine anthropique et naturelle dans le Golfe du Lion : cas particulier des apports rhodaniens. PhD Thesis, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia.