Shallow Gas Studies of the Gulf of Lion, Including the Rhone Delta and Cap De Creus Canyon Head

Abstract

Long-term goals are to o enhance and expand our understanding of the inter-relationship of shallow gas, seafloor morphology, and seafloor/shallow sub-surface acoustic properties. To continue our successful collaboration with our EuroSTRATAFORM colleagues through gas sampling during 2004 and 2005 Gulf of Lion (GoL) cruises, post-cruises analysis, interpretation, and integration with geophysical data sets. The main Institutions we have collaborated with are: CEREGE, France; U.S. Geological Survey, USA; ISMAR-CNR, Italy; Fugro Surveys Ltd., UK; and Univ. Laval, Canada. We also would like to compare the GoL system with other areas worldwide and augment this dataset with an industry data set from the eastern Mediterranean we have been studying for the last 3 years. Our two main topics of interest are the origin and evolution of 'crenulated seafloor" (wavy bedforms, slope failure features, or a combination of the two), and the distribution and effects of shallow gas on both the seafloor and the shallow sub-surface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA572570

Entities

People

  • Daniel L. Orange

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Cruz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Adriatic Sea
  • Data Sets
  • Earth Sciences
  • Floods
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Geological Surveys
  • Geology
  • High Resolution
  • Marine Geology
  • Materials
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Sampling
  • Seabed
  • Surveys
  • Teamwork

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).