SOMIRMAS - MD 64

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Marion Dufresne
Ship owner IPEV
Dates 05/07/1990 - 14/08/1990
Chief scientist(s) SEGOUFIN J.

INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS - UMR 7154, UMS 3454

1 rue Jussieu

75005 Paris

+33 (0)1 83 95 74 00

https://www.ipgp.fr/
DOI 10.17600/90011611
Objective The main objectives of the SOMIRMAS cruise were to: 1) understand the evolution of the Mascarene and western Somalian basins, particularly by accurately locating the fossil ridges which exist in both basins. 2) understand what occurs at the boundary of these two basins, at the Amirante Trench area. 3) study the nature and possible origin of the Mascarene Islands arc, based on the results of the geological and geophysical data collected.

Bibliography

Publications

Raisbeck G., Tran T., Lunney D., Gaillard C., Goriely S., Waelbroeck C., Yiou F. (2007). A search for supernova produced Pu-244 in a marine sediment. Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section B-beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms, 259(1), 673-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2007.01.205


Jacot Des Combes H, Caulet Jp, Tribovillard Np (1999). Pelagic productivity changes in the equatorial area of the northwest Indian Ocean during the last 400,000 years. Marine Geology, 158(1-4), 27-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00163-7


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

Melo Marcelo R. S., Nunan Gustavo W. A., Braga Adriana C., Costa Paulo A. S. (2009). The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 degrees and 23 degrees S. Zootaxa, (2234), 1-20.


Jacot Des Combes H, Tribovillard Np, Caulet Jp (1999). Paleoproductivity and paleoceanographic changes in the Amirante Passage area (Equatorial Indian Ocean): a 200 kyr interval of lower pelagic productivity. Bulletin De La Societe Geologique De France, 170(6), 899-914.