GOUFHEAD

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Haliotis
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 12/08/2009 - 17/08/2009
Chief scientist(s) GILLET Hervé

ENVIRONNEMENTS ET PALÉOENVIRONEMENTS OCÉANIQUES ET CONTINENTAUX (EPOC) - TALENCE

UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC - OASU - Université de Bordeaux

Bâtiment A12

351 Cours de la Libération

33405 TALENCE CEDEX

+33 (0)5 40 00 36 15

https://www.epoc.u-bordeaux.fr/
DOI 10.17600/9120100
Objective The GOUFHEAD mission's objective was to perform bathymetric mapping associated with a sediment-sounder mosaic in the part closest to the Capbreton canyon head (multibeam mapping lacking to date). The aim is to characterize the sedimentary forms present in this area and draw conclusions about the impact of sediment entrapment and instabilities at the canyon head and their possible role in feeding the gravity flow in the canyon. The cruise is part of the Earth reliefs (INSU- CNRS) project.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Mazieres Alais, Gillet Herve, Castelle Bruno, Mulder Thierry, Guyot Corentin, Garlan Thierry, Mallet Cyril (2014). High-Resolution Morphobathymetric Analysis and Evolution of Capbreton Submarine Canyon Head (Southeast Bay of Biscay—French Atlantic Coast) over the Last Decade Using Descriptive and Numerical Modeling. Marine Geology, 351, 1-12. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo2014.03.001 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00180/29118/