BOCCA 99
| Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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| Ship | Téthys II |
| Ship owner | CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020 |
| Dates | 30/06/1999 - 09/07/1999 |
| Chief scientist(s) | FERRANDINI Jean |
LABORATOIRE DE GEOLOGIE Faculte des Sciences BP 52 20250 CORTE |
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| DOI | 10.17600/99450040 |
| Objective | This cruise is related to the study of passive margins, and more particularly the evolution of the Corsican margins formed during the opening of the Ligurian- Provence basin, the drift of the drift of the Corsica-Sardinia block and post- drift evolutions, in the Lower Miocene (21 to 15 Ma). The BOCCA 99 mission's objectives were focused on the post-rift evolution of meridional platforms between Corsia and Sardinia, aiming to survey and characterize: - seismic facies, - Miocene series deformations, - Miocene series mapping, - morphology of the current erosion surface. This falls under the INTERREG II - Corsica-Sardinia project. Study of the shelf of the South Corsican shelf (Bonifacio straits). The seismic reflection profiles were acquired with a Airgun (mini GI) and six-channel streamer and with a sparker and a single-channel streamer. Sidescan sonar imagery was also acquired. |
