MEDEE

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship L'Atalante
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 03/07/1995 - 31/07/1995
Chief scientist(s) LE PICHON Xavier, CHAMOT-ROOKE Nicolas ORCID

CENTRE EUROPÉEN DE RECHERCHE ET D'ENSEIGNEMENT DE GÉOSCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT - UM 34 UMR CNRS 7330, IRD 161

Technopôle environnement Arbois-Méditerranée

BP 80

13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4

+33(0)4 42 97 15 00

https://www.cerege.fr/fr/
DOI 10.17600/95010040
Objective

MBES bathymetric and backscatter intensity data and shallow seismic reflection data were collected during the MEDEE campaign to characterize the strain field of the western Mediterranean Ridge and of the Calabrian margin.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Dilalos Spyridon, Alexopoulos John D. (2023). Regional Gravity Model of Greece Based on Satellite, Marine and Terrestrial Data. Pure And Applied Geophysics, 180(7), 2807-2826. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-023-03285-z , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00836/94825/


Mascle Jean, Mary Flore, Praeg Daniel, Brosolo Laetitia, Camera Laurent, Ceramicola Silvia, Dupre StephanieORCID (2014). Distribution and geological control of mud volcanoes and other fluid/free gas seepage features in the Mediterranean Sea and nearby Gulf of Cadiz. Geo-marine Letters, 34(2-3), 89-110. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-014-0356-4 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00185/29644/


Arsenikos Stavros, Frizon De Lamotte Dominique, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas, Mohn Geoffroy, Bonneau Marie-Claude, Blanpied Christian (2013). Mechanism and timing of tectonic inversion in Cyrenaica (Libya): Integration in the geodynamics of the East Mediterranean. Tectonophysics, 608, 319-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.09.025


Huguen Caroline, Chamot Rooke N, Loubrieu Benoit, Mascle J (2006). Morphology of a pre-collisional, salt-bearing, accretionary complex: The Mediterranean Ridge (Eastern Mediterranean). Marine Geophysical Researches, 27(1), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-005-5026-5


Chamot-Rooke N, Rabaute A, Kreemer C (2005). Western Mediterranean Ridge mud belt correlates with active shear strain at the prism-backstop geological contact. Geology, 33(11), 861-864. https://doi.org/10.1130/G21469.1


Kreemer C, Chamot-Rooke N (2004). Contemporary kinematics of the southern Aegean and the Mediterranean Ridge. Geophysical Journal International, 157(3), 1377-1392. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004-02270.x


Kreemer Corné, Chamot-Rooke Nicolas (2004). Contemporary kinematics of the southern Aegean and the Mediterranean Ridge. Geophysical Journal International, 157(3), 1377-1392. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02270.x

Tay Pl, Lonergan L, Warner M, Jones Ka, The Imerse Working Group (2002). Seismic investigation of thick evaporite deposits on the central and inner unit of the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex. Marine Geology, 186(1-2), 167-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00178-0


Reston Tj, Fruehn J, von Huene R, Imerse Working Group (2002). The structure and evolution of the western Mediterranean Ridge. Marine Geology, 186(1-2), 83-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00174-3


Jones Ka, Warner M, Le Meur Didier, Pascal G, Tay Pl, The Imerse Working Group (2002). Wide-angle images of the Mediterranean Ridge backstop structure. Marine Geology, 186(1-2), 145-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00177-9


Le Pichon X, Lallemant Sj, Chamot Rooke N, Lemeur D, Pascal G (2002). The Mediterranean Ridge backstop and the Hellenic nappes. Marine Geology, 186(1-2), 111-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00175-5


von Huene R, Reston T, Kukowski N, Dehghani Ga, Weinrebe W, Lepichon X, Pascal G, Lallemant S, Le Meur Didier, Chamotrooke N, Loucoyannakis M, Babassilas D, Nicolich R, Cernobori L, Westbrook Graham, Warner M, Tay Pl, Jones K, Lonergan L, Dickmann T, Fruehn J (1997). A subducting seamount beneath the Mediterranean Ridge. Tectonophysics, 271(3-4), 249-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00241-7


von Huene R., Imerse Working Group (1997). Mediterranean ridge structure: Results from IMERSE. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 78(15), 155. https://doi.org/10.1029/97EO00103


Le Pichon X, Chamot-Rooke N, Lallemant S, Noomen R, Veis G (1995). Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: Implications for eastern Mediterranean tectonics. Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth, 100(B7), 12675-12690. https://doi.org/10.1029/95JB00317


MEDRIFF Consortium (1995). Three brine lakes discovered in the seafloor of the eastern Mediterranean. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 76(32), 313-313. https://doi.org/10.1029/95EO00189


References of Technical Reports

Chamot-Rooke N., C. Rangin, X. Le Pichon & Dotmed Working Group, 2001. Deep Offshore Tectonics of the Mediterranean (DOTMED) - A synthesis of Deep Marine Data in the Eastern Mediterranean. Final Scientific Report, 17 A0 Maps and 3 CDRoms. [financement Exxon, Total et Elf].

References of Articles published in periodicals and magazines for the general public

Utilisation des données GPS pour la réalisation de la carte géodynamique de la Méditerranée, Chamot-Rooke N., E. Barrier, C. Kreemer & X. Le Pichon , 2001. Géochronique, Magazine des Géosciences, n°94, pp 31-32, Juin 2005

L'Europe et l'Afrique seront-elles rattachées l'une à l'autre dans quelques millions d'années ? Eurêka, Mars 1999.

Lacs salés au fond de la grande bleue, La recherche, n°291, p. 48, Octobre 1996

Randonnées sous-marines, Sciences et Vie (Cahier spécial), n°947, pp 88-93, Août 1996

References of International Seminar Communications

Huguen C., J. Mascle, B. Loubrieu, N. Chamot-Rooke, J. Benkhelil & E. Tahchi, 2005. Regional distribution of mud volcanoes in Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Evidences from regional swath bathymetry and backscatter records, Geophys. Res. Abstr., 7, EGU05-A-04609.

Asch K., U. Barckhausen, N. Chamot-Rooke, J. Mascle, A. Mauffret & J. Woodside, 2004. Mapping the pre-Quaternary geology of the European off-shore domain for the 1:5 million international geological map of Europe and adjacent areas, 32nd international geological congress, Florence, Italia 2004; 32, Part 1, 777.

Chamot-Rooke N., C. Kreemer, X. Le Pichon & E. Barrier, 2004. Present-day kinematic framework of the Mediterranean, 32nd international geological congress, Florence, Italia 2004; 32, Part 1, 777.

Chamot-Rooke N., C. Rangin, C. Kreemer, X. Le Pichon, C. Nielsen, G. Pascal & A. Rabaute, 2003. Recent tectonics of the Mediterranean Ridge, EGS-AGU-EUGJoint Assembly, Nice, France, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 5, April 2003.

Rabaute A., N Chamot-Rooke & The DOTMED Team, 2003. Tectonics and mud volcanism at the western Mediterranean Ridge ? backstop contact, EGS- AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 5, April 2003.

Kreemer C. & N. Chamot-Rooke, 2002. How do the North Anatolian and Kephalonia fault zones connect? Insights from a new regional kinematic model, AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, SE42B-04 Abstract, Wellington, New Zealand, 9-12 July 2002.

Kreemer C., N. Chamot-Rooke, C. Rangin & X. Le Pichon, 2002. A new kinematic model of diffuse deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean, EGS XXVII General Assembly, Nice, France, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 4, March 2002.

Nielsen C., N. Chamot-Rooke & C. Rangin, 2002. Partitioning at very oblique subduction zones: a comparative marine study between the Burma Trench and the western termination of the Hellenic Trench, EGS XXVII General Assembly, Nice, France, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 4, March 2002.

Laurent O., N. Chamot-Rooke, C. Rangin, C. Nielsen, X. Le Pichon, A.-G. Bader, S. Lallemant, P. Pagot & R. Walcott, 2001. A new structural map of the central Mediterranean, EGS XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 3, March 2001.

Nielsen C., C. Rangin, N. Chamot-Rooke, D. Sorel & O. Laurent, 2001. The Occidental termination of the Mediterranean Ridge: onshore and offshore constraints along the Kephalonia Fault, EGS XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 3, March 2001.

Pagot P., N. Chamot-Rooke, S. Lallemant, G. Pascal, J.-X. Dessa, X. Le Pichon, J.-P. Réhault, J. Bégot, L. Fidalgo & I. Thinon, 1999. Compressional deformation in the Ionian basin: new seismic data, European Geophysical Society, XXIV General Assembly, The Hague, The Netherlands, April 19-23 1999.

Pavlakis P., S. Alexandri, N. Chamot-Rooke, X. Le Pichon & S. Lallemant, 1999. Sound Wave and Electromagnetic (EM) microwave backscattering mapping across the Southwestern Hellenic Arc (Greece), International Conference Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, Similarities and Differences of two Interconnected Basins, 23-26 February 1999, Zappeion International Conference Centre, Athens, Greece.

Lallemant S., N. Chamot-Rooke, X. Le Pichon & D. Le Meur, 1998. Complex forearc deformation of the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract T42C-02, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, Dec 1998.

Rangin C., N. Chamot-Rooke & M. Pubellier, 1998. Deep Offshore Tectonics Studies in SE Asia and the East Mediterranean, AAPG Meeting, "Frontiers in Offshore", Kuala Lumpur, Malaisia, Dec. 1-4 1998.

Le Meur D., S.J. Lallemant, H. Nouze, J.-P. Foucher, G. Pascal, N. Chamot-Rooke & the "JASON" cruise Scientific Party & "IMERSE" Working Group, 1997. The Mediterranean Ridge Cleft Basins: a Consequence of Africa/Aegea Collision and Lateral Escape of the Accretionary Prism ?, Evolution of Accretionary Wedges and Foreland Basins, EUG IX, European Union of Geosciences conference, Strasbourg, March 1997.

Chamot-Rooke N., 1996. Recent tectonics of the Mediterranean domain, GIAC Conferences, Yangoon, Myanmar, Nov. 4-7 1996.

Chamot-Rooke N., S. Bindels & C. Satra, 1996. Kinematics of the Mediterranean Ridge, Workshop MEDRIFF/IMERSE, Trieste, April 14-17 1996.

Le Pichon X. N. Chamot-Rooke & S. Lallemant, 1996. Present day kinematics of the Eastern Mediterranean Area, The Mediterranean Basin, Tertiary Extension within the Alpine Orogen, International Workshop, Cergy-Pontoise, Dec. 11-13 1996.

Lallemant S., J.P. Foucher, M. Alexandri, N. Chamot-Rooke, E. Chaumillon, P. Georgopoulou, C. Gillet, F. Harmegnies, L. Lopes, A. Polonia, V. Renard, P. Schultheiss, G.K. Westbrook, R.F. Woollett, X. Le Pichon, E. Suess, A. Bleyer, M.B. Cita, N. Fusi, G. Aloisi, A. Camerlenghi, B. Della Vedova, G. Pellis, L. Mirabile, V. Severino & P. Pavlakis, 1995. Active deformation in the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex; new insights from a deep-tow side scan sonar "Jason" cruise, European Union of Geosciences 8; oral and poster presentations, European Union of Geosciences 8, 7, Abst. Suppl. 1, 172.

Della Vedova B., G. Pellis, G.K. Westbrook, R.F. Woollett, X. Le Pichon, S. Lallemant, N. Chamot-Rooke, J.P. Foucher, F. Harmagnies, E. Suess, A. Bleyer, H. Villinger, B.M. Cita, N. 1995.

Della Vedova B., J.-P. Foucher, G. Pellis, F. Harmegnies & MEDRIFF Consortium (N. Chamot-Rooke), 1995. Heat flow measurements on the Mediterranean ridge indicate transient processes of heat transfer between the sediments and the water column, Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer Mediter., (34), 100.

Fusi, G. Aloisi, A. Camerlenghi, A. Polonia, M. Ramigni, L. Mirabile, V. Severino, P. Pavlakis & M. Alexandri, 1995. Thermal transients in the sediment of the Mediterranean Ridge, 13th Meeting of the National Solid-Earth Geophysics Group, 13. convegno, Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida, 13, 223-230.

MEDRIFF Consortium (G.K. Westbrook, R.F. Woollett, X. LePichon, S. Lallement, N. Chamot-Rooke, J.-P. Foucher, F. Harmegnies, E. Suess, A. Bleyer, P. Pavlakis, B. Alexandri, M., Cita, M.B., Fusi, N., Aloisi, G., Camerlenghi, A., Polonia, A., Della Vedova, G. Pellis, L. Mirabile, V. Severino, D. Buonocore), 1995. Brine lakes and thermal anomalies in the sea floor and bottom water of the western Mediterranean Ridge, MAST Days, Sorrento (Italy), Nov. 1995.

References of Atlases

An innovative concept - The geodynamic map of the Mediterranean. Barrier E., N. Chamot-Rooke, G. Giordano, A. Morelli & J.-F. Brouillet, 2005. Episodes, International Union of Geological Sciences, 28 (3), p 193-196

DOTMED - A synthesis of deep marine data in eastern Mediterranean Chamot-Rooke N., C. Rangin, X. Le Pichon & Dotmed Working Group, 2005. Mémoire de la Société géologique de France, numéro spécial, 177, 64 p., 9 maps with cd-rom.

Morpho-bathymetry of the Mediterranean Sea MediMap Group, Loubrieu B., J. Mascle & others (dont N. Chamot-Rooke), 2005. CIESM & Ifremer Special Publications, Atlases and Maps, 2 maps at 1:2.000.000 scale.

Geodynamic Maps of the Mediterranean - sheet 1 Barrier E., N. Chamot-Rooke & G. Giordano, 2004. Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW) - Feuille 1 : Tectonique et Cinématique, map at 1:13.000.000 scale.

Geodynamic Maps of the Mediterranean - sheet 2 Morelli A., E. Barrier & others (dont N. Chamot-Rooke), 2004. Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW) - Feuille 2 : Sismicité et Tectonique, map at 1:13.000.000 scale.

International Geological Map of Europe and Adjacent Areas Asch C. & others (dont N. Chamot-Rooke), 2004. IGME - Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW), map at 1:5.000.000 scale.

Cartography by multibeam echo-sounder of the Mediterranean Ridge and surrounding areas. Loubrieu B. & others (dont N. Chamot-Rooke), 2001. International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM) & Ifremer, 2 maps at 1:500:000 scale.

Videodocuments

LE PICHON Xavier Méditerranée, une mer fragile. Projet d'une série scientifique de six émissions pour La Cinquième. Plaquette couleur. 1996

DEA or MASTER 2 using campaign data

COCHEZ Magali, Traitement et interprétation de la sismique multitrace de la campagne ARCHIMEDE dans le Bassin Ionien [DEA de Géodynamique et Physique de la Terre, Juin 1998].

PAGOT Patrick, La jonction du prisme de Calabre et de la Ride Méditerranéenne : nouvelles données de sismique multitrace (campagne ARCHIMEDE) [DEA de Géodynamique et Physique de la Terre, Juin 1998].

BINDELS Ségolène, Cinématique du front de déformation en Méditerranée Orientale [DEA de Géodynamique et Physique de la Terre, Juin 1996].

URGELLI Benoit, Étude du contexte géodynamique de l'Etna et de l'interaction tectonique - volcanisme [DEA de Géodynamique et Physique de la Terre, Juin 1996].

Thesis using campaign data

NIELSEN Charlotte Etude des zones de subduction en convergence hyper-oblique: Ride Méditerranéenne et marge Indo-Birmane [Thèse de doctorat de l'Université Paris XI, soutenue le 24 Janvier 2003].

LE MEUR David Etude géophysique de la structure profonde et de la tectonique active de la partie occidentale de la Ride Méditerranéenne [Thèse de doctorat de l'Université Paris XI, soutenue le 25 Novembre 1997].