28 results on '"Hanquiez, V."'
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2. On the architecture of intra-formational Mass-Transport Deposits: Insights from the carbonate slopes of Great Bahama Bank and the Apulian Carbonate Platform
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Le Goff, J., Slootman, A., Mulder, T., Cavailhes, T., Ducassou, E., Hanquiez, V., Jaballah, J., and Reijmer, J.J.G.
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- 2020
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3. Sedimentology of Modern Bahamian Carbonate Slopes: Summary and Update.
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Fauquembergue, K., Mulder, T., Reijmer, J., Hanquiez, V., Betzler, C., Ducassou, E., Recouvreur, A., Principaud, M., Borgomano, J., Wilk, S., and Poli, E.
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SEDIMENTATION & deposition ,SEDIMENT transport ,CARBONATES ,INTERGLACIALS ,CONCEPTUAL models ,SEDIMENTOLOGY - Abstract
Slopes adjacent to the Bahamian carbonate platform revealed a large variety of depositional processes. In this study, we present a synthesis summarizing 109,000 km2 of bathymetric and reflectivity data with ∼7,900 km of seismic lines and 311 m of sediment cores that were obtained over the last 50 years. These data are used to develop a conceptual model of sedimentation patterns on Quaternary carbonate slope systems and their interaction with the adjacent shallow‐water carbonate platforms. Our data highlight that during the Quaternary, factors controlling large‐scale sedimentation on Bahamian slopes have numerous similarities as they have higher sedimentation rates during interglacials. At a small scale, every slope has its own characteristics that are contemporary controlled by two main characteristics: (a) facies on the adjacent shallow‐water platform, and (b) the impact of shallow‐ and deep‐water currents. Large‐scale tectonics influence sediment deposition as it determines the position of the islands and impacts platform facies distribution. Plain Language Summary: The factors that allow sediment to be exported from carbonate platforms to the deep‐sea need discussion. To gain a better understanding of the processes involved, the sedimentary archives of the slopes connected to these carbonate platforms are consulted. The sediments encountered vary and range from grains finer than 20 μm to coarse sandy sediments, a few millimeters in size. To understand the different processes that export those different types of sediment, we analyze various slopes of the Bahamas, a well‐known pure carbonate platform system. We used both numerical data (bathymetry, reflectivity, seismic) and sediment samples from this area and compared those records for the different Bahamian slopes. We highlighted that every slope displays a different sediment record; for every slope transect the adjacent platform facies together with deep‐sea processes (currents) determine the sediment distribution. The processes that export and transport the sediments are of equal importance. Key Points: Main factors controlling Bahamian slope sedimentation are revisedNumerous data types acquired offshore were synthesizedOur data suggest a strong influence of platform fine‐grained concentration and currents on slope sedimentation models [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. Into the deep: A coarse-grained carbonate turbidite valley and canyon in ultra-deep carbonate setting
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Mulder, T., Gillet, H., Hanquiez, V., Reijmer, J.J.G., Droxler, A.W., Recouvreur, A., Fabregas, N., Cavailhes, T., Fauquembergue, K., Blank, D.G., Guiastrennec, L., Seibert, C., Bashah, S., Bujan, S., Ducassou, E., Principaud, M., Conesa, G., Le Goff, J., Ragusa, J., Busson, J., and Borgomano, J.
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- 2019
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5. Pollen distribution in surface sediments of the northern Lower Medjerda valley (northeastern Tunisia)
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Gaceur, E., Desprat, S., Rouis-Zargouni, I., Hanquiez, V., Lebreton, V., Combourieu Nebout, N., and Kallel, N.
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- 2017
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6. Pervasive multidecadal variations in productivity within the Peruvian Upwelling System over the last millennium
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Fleury, S., Martinez, P., Crosta, X., Charlier, K., Billy, I., Hanquiez, V., Blanz, T., and Schneider, R.R.
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- 2015
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7. The coccolithophores Emiliania huxleyi and Coccolithus pelagicus: Extant populations from the Norwegian–Iceland Seas and Fram Strait
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Dylmer, C.V., Giraudeau, J., Hanquiez, V., and Husum, K.
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- 2015
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8. Origin and architecture of a Mass Transport Complex on the northwest slope of Little Bahama Bank (Bahamas): Relations between off-bank transport, bottom current sedimentation and submarine landslides
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Tournadour, E., Mulder, T., Borgomano, J., Hanquiez, V., Ducassou, E., and Gillet, H.
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- 2015
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9. Sediment failure types, preconditions and triggering factors in the Gulf of Cadiz
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Leynaud, D., Mulder, T., Hanquiez, V., Gonthier, E., and Régert, A.
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- 2017
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10. Giant deep submarine depressions: A combined dissolution-mechanical process along carbonate margins
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Mulder, T., primary, Cavailhes, T., additional, Hanquiez, V., additional, Gillet, H., additional, Recouvreur, A., additional, and Fabregas, N., additional
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- 2022
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11. Application of the European Water Framework Directive: Identification of reference sites and bioindicator fish species for mercury in tropical freshwater ecosystems (French Guiana)
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Gentes, S., Coquery, Marina, Vigouroux, R., Hanquiez, V., Allard, L., Maury Brachet, R., UMR 5805 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), RiverLy (UR Riverly), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), HYDRECO KOUROU GUYANE FRA, Partenaires IRSTEA, and Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
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FISH ,health care facilities, manpower, and services ,education ,GUYANE FRANCAISE ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,PRIORITY SUBSTANCE ,BIOINDICATOR ,TROPICAL FRESHWATER ,MERCURY ,ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARD ,health care economics and organizations - Abstract
International audience; Mercury (Hg) is a toxic metal subject to several international regulations. The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) established in 2008 an Environmental Quality Standard for biota (EQSbiota) at 0.02 µg.g.
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- 2019
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12. Study of modern pollen from surficial lagoon sediments from the north-eastern of Tunisia
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GACEUR, E., Desprat, S., ROUIS-ZARGOUNI, I., Hanquiez, V., Lebreton, V., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Kallel, N., Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), and LSCE
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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
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- 2018
13. Increased aridity in southwestern Africa during the warmest periods of the last interglacial
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Urrego, D. H., Sanchez Goni, M. F., Daniau, A. -l., Lechevrel, S., and Hanquiez, V.
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lcsh:GE1-350 ,lcsh:Environmental pollution ,lcsh:Environmental protection ,lcsh:TD172-193.5 ,lcsh:TD169-171.8 ,lcsh:Environmental sciences - Abstract
Terrestrial and marine climatic tracers from marine core MD96-2098 were used to reconstruct glacial–interglacial climate variability in southwestern Africa between 194 and 24 thousand years before present. The pollen record documented three pronounced expansions of Nama-karoo and fine-leaved savanna during the last interglacial (Marine Isotopic Stage 5 – MIS 5). These Nama-karoo and fine-leaved savanna expansions were linked to increased aridity during the three warmest substadials of MIS 5. Enhanced aridity potentially resulted from a combination of reduced Benguela Upwelling, expanded subtropical high-pressure cells, and reduced austral-summer precipitation due to a northward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Decreased austral-winter precipitation was likely linked to a southern displacement of the westerlies. In contrast, during glacial isotopic stages MIS 6, 4 and 3, fynbos expanded at the expense of Nama-karoo and fine-leaved savanna indicating a relative increase in precipitation probably concentrated during the austral winter months. Our record also suggested that warm–cold or cold–warm transitions between isotopic stages and substages were punctuated by short increases in humidity. Increased aridity during MIS 5e, 5c and 5a warm substages coincided with minima in both precessional index and global ice volume. On the other hand, austral-winter precipitation increases were associated with precession maxima at the time of well-developed Northern Hemisphere ice caps.
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- 2015
14. Implementation of the Environmental Quality Standard (EQSbiota) under the European Water Framework Directive in French Guiana fish
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Gentes, S., Vigouroux, R., Coquery, Marina, Hanquiez, V., Allard, L., Maury Brachet, R., Université de Bordeaux (UB), HYDRECO KOUROU GUYANE FRA, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions (UR MALY), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), and Irstea Publications, Migration
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[SDE] Environmental Sciences ,AFB ,FISH ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION ,MERCURY ,POLICY - Abstract
International audience; Mercury (Hg) is a toxic metal classified as a dangerous priority substance to be monitored in aquatic ecosystems by the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), due to its characteristics of bioaccumulation and biomagnification in food webs. An Environmental Quality Standard for biota (EQSbiota) has been defined for Hg in order to classify water bodies and was set at 0.02 mg Hg.kg-1 fresh weight. The application of such a standard requires defining one or more species of fish that is able to integrate the mercury contamination of the river in which they live. In French Guiana, we are faced with the difficulty of implementing this standard without downgrading all the aquatic ecosystems. Indeed, this region presents a great contamination of mercury due to the lithology of its soils and its history related to goldmining. The aim of this study was to help designing appropriate monitoring program of Hg in fish for the implementation of EQS biota in this particular context. A database was created based on the mercury concentrations analyzed in fish muscle during 8 research programs carried out since 1990. The database counts approximately 3000 fishes distributed over 50 creeks and 6000 fishes caught at about 200 stations located on the rivers of French Guiana; it includes also various information for each fish (Hg concentration in muscle, standard length, weight, family, species, trophic level, sample station location, anthropic or natural pressure for each station, etc.). The first results show that fish species in creeks are different from those present in rivers. After statistical and geographical data processing, 6 to 8 bioindicators species were proposed for creeks and 3 for rivers. The identification of reference sites, however, remains a very delicate task, due to the history associated with goldmining: just 7 potential reference sites for creeks and 4 for rivers. Results on Hg contamination of indicator fish species at reference and contaminated sites will be presented and discussed according to anthropogenic pressure. A first evaluation of reference concentrations is proposed.
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- 2017
15. To What Extent Multidecadal Changes in Morphology and Fluvial Discharge Impact Tide in a Convergent (Turbid) Tidal River
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Jalón‐Rojas, I., primary, Sottolichio, A., additional, Hanquiez, V., additional, Fort, A., additional, and Schmidt, S., additional
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- 2018
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16. Carbonate slope morphology revealing a giant submarine canyon (Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas)
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Mulder, T., Gillet, H., Hanquiez, V., Ducassou, E., Fauquembergue, K., Principaud, M., Conesa, G., Le Goff, J., Ragusa, J., Bashah, S., Bujan, S., Reijmer, J. J.G., Cavailhes, T., Droxler, A. W., Blank, D. G., Guiastrennec, L., Fabregas, N., Recouvreur, A., Seibert, C., Mulder, T., Gillet, H., Hanquiez, V., Ducassou, E., Fauquembergue, K., Principaud, M., Conesa, G., Le Goff, J., Ragusa, J., Bashah, S., Bujan, S., Reijmer, J. J.G., Cavailhes, T., Droxler, A. W., Blank, D. G., Guiastrennec, L., Fabregas, N., Recouvreur, A., and Seibert, C.
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New high-quality multibeam data detail the morphology of the giant 135-km-long Great Abaco Canyon (GAC) located between Little Bahama Bank (LBB, Bahamas) and Blake Plateau. Knickpoints, chutes, and plunge pools mark the canyon main axis, which is parallel to the LBB margin. The canyon head covers a large area but does not represent the main source of the modern sediments. The material supplied through the LBB canyon systems originates below this head, which only shows erosive lineaments related to the pathway of currents running along the seafloor and restricted failure scars. Most of the sediment supply originates from the canyon sides. The northern canyon flank incises the Blake Plateau, which comprises contourites on top of a drowned Cretaceous carbonate platform. These deposits are susceptible to translational slides and form dissymmetric debris accumulations along the northern edge of the canyon. A large tributary drains the Blake Plateau. Two large tributaries connecting the southern flank of the GAC directly to the LBB upper slope form additional sources of sediments. Subbottom profiles suggest the presence of a sedimentary levee on the tributary canyon and of sediment gravity flow deposits. The GAC has been a permanent structure since the drowning of the Cretaceous platform, and its size and morphology are comparable to those of canyons in siliciclastic environments. The orientation of the GAC parallel to large-scale regional tectonic structures suggests a structural control. The size of the observed structures, especially plunge pools at the base of gigantic chutes, is unusual on Earth. The presence of deposits downflow of the pools suggests that the GAC results from or at least is maintained by persistent and sustained submarine gravity flows rather than by retrogressive erosion.
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- 2018
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17. Proposal of mercury reference concentrations in French Guiana ichtyofauna
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Gentes, S., Vigouroux, R., Marina Coquery, Hanquiez, V., Allard, L., Maury Brachet, R., UMR 5805 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HYDRECO KOUROU GUF, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions (UR MALY), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), (partenariat avec la sphère publique (sans AO)), irstea, and AFB
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GUYANE ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences - Abstract
La pollution des écosystèmes aquatiques par le mercure est un problème majeur de la Guyane française, soumis à l'orpaillage illégal intensif depuis de nombreuses années. Au niveau européen, une norme de qualité environnementale pour le biote (NQEbiote : 0,02 mg Hg.kg-1 poids frais) a été définie dans le cadre de la directive cadre sur l'eau (DCE). Ce rapport a pour but d'aider à la mise en place de la NQEbiote en Guyane française par : 1/ si possible, l'identification de sites non pollués par le mercure d'origine anthropique ; 2/ la détermination de concentrations de références en mercure pour l'ichtyofaune associées à ces sites ; 3/ l'identification d'espèces de poissons sentinelles potentielles de cette pollution. Une base de données d'environ 9000 poissons (3000 pour les criques et 6000 pour les fleuves) a été constituée à partir des résultats des programmes de recherche et de surveillance depuis 1993. Les concentrations en mercure mesurées dans le muscle de ces poissons se révèlent presque toujours supérieures à la NQEbiote (100% pour les criques et 89 % pour les fleuves). Peu de zones de références potentielles ont été identifiées sur plus de 200 stations échantillonnées. Ainsi pour les criques, 7 stations réparties sur 6 bassins versants différents présentent des concentrations significativement plus faibles que les autres stations. Sur les fleuves, seulement 2 zones (groupe de stations) ont été identifiées comme références potentielles sur le bassin versant de l'Oyapock. L'analyse de ces données a permis de proposer plusieurs espèces sentinelles, c'est à dire intégratives d'une contamination mercurielle. Pour les criques, il s'agit de Copella carsevennensis, Pyrrhulina filamentosa, Jupiaba (abramoides et keithi), Moenkhausia oligolepis, Pimelodella (cristata, geryi et macturki), Gymnotus carapo et Sternopygus macrurus. Pour les fleuves, 3 genres et espèces ont été retenus : Ageneiosus inermis, Acestrorhynchus (falcatus et microlepis) et Hoplias aïmara. Des recommandations opérationnelles sont proposées pour le suivi de la DCE telles que : i/ échantillonner moins de stations (en privilégiant celles suivies par l'OMS), ii/ espacer la fréquence des suivis (tous les 2 ans), iii/ mais, en contrepartie, augmenter l'effort de pêche sur les espèces sentinelles proposées.
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- 2017
18. Étude du mercure dans le biote : détermination des concentrations de fond dans les poissons de Guyane
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Maury Brachet, R., Gentes, S., Hanquiez, V., Coquery, Marina, Allard, L., Feurtet Mazel, A., Mesmer Dudons, N., Gonzalez, P., Legeay, A., Vigouroux, R., UMR 5805 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions (UR MALY), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), HYDRECO KOUROU GUF, Partenaires IRSTEA, and Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
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National audience; La Guyane présente une forte problématique liée au mercure, d’origine à la fois naturelle et anthropique (orpaillage). En application de la Directive cadre sur l’eau (DCE) en Guyane, les services de l’état en Guyane doivent mettre en place la surveillance du mercure, substance prioritaire dangereuse, dans le biote du réseau hydrographique continental. Les objectifs de cette étude de surveillance du milieu, reposent sur la détermination d’un ou plusieurs organismes sentinelles (poissons). Au cours de cette étude, plusieurs difficultés ont été rencontrées, notamment en lien avec la configuration particulière du réseau hydrographique. En effet, 20% seulement du réseau guyanais est représenté par les fleuves et 80% par les petites masses d’eau (PME), petits ruisseaux très peu étudiés. Les premiers résultats révèlent que les espèces répertoriées dans les PME sont différentes de celles présentes dans les fleuves. Ainsi, il paraît difficile de trouver indicateur commun aux fleuves et aux PME. De plus, la situation géographique de la Guyane, entraîne une biodiversité de l’ichtyofaune importante et peu connue avec un total de 416 espèces dont la répartition est différente selon les bassins versants. Dans un premier temps, un effort important a été réalisé pour constituer une base de données. Ce travail de synthèse et d’harmonisation a été effectué à partir des données existantes issues des différents programmes de recherche réalisés depuis 1990 en Guyane sur la contamination par le mercure des poissons (soit 8 projets réalisés par l’université de Bordeaux et le laboratoire HYDRECO). Cette base de données poissons a été renseignée pour de nombreux critères analysés, mesurés ou identifiés: concentration en mercure total dans le muscle, longueur standard, poids, famille, espèce, niveau trophique, localisation des stations de collecte, niveau de pressions anthropiques des stations. Les données capitalisées correspondent à la collecte de 6200 poissons pour les fleuves et de 3000 poissons pour les PME. Des traitements statistiques et géographiques ont été réalisés sur certains bassins versants bien renseignés dans la base de données. Ainsi, plusieurs espèces bioindicatrices d’une contamination en mercure des cours d’eau vont pouvoir être proposées en fonction des systèmes hydrographiques spécifiques de la Guyane (fleuve ou crique). L’identification de sites de référence reste toutefois une tâche très délicate, étant donné que l'orpaillage a été initié en Guyane depuis les années 1850, et que près de 700 tonnes de mercure ont été répandus sur l’ensemble du territoire depuis cette date. Ce mercure ancien partiellement remobilisé par l'orpaillage actuel clandestin, associé au faible nombre d’études réalisées sur les têtes de bassin versant, rend très difficile l’identification de zones indemnes de pollution. Des investigations/prélèvements complémentaires seront probablement nécessaires pour affiner les premiers résultats obtenus.
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19. Holocene land-sea climatic links on the equatorial Pacific coast (Bay of Guayaquil, Ecuador)
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Seilles, B., Goni, M. F. S., Ledru, Marie-Pierre, Urrego, D. H., Martinez, P., Hanquiez, V., and Schneider, R.
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We analyzed the pollen content of a marine core located near the Bay of Guayaquil in Ecuador to document the link between sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and changes in rainfall regimes on the adjacent continent during the Holocene. Based on the expansion/ regression of five vegetation types, we observe three successive climatic patterns. In the first phase, between 11,700 and 7700 cal. yr BP, the presence of a cloud (Andean) forest in the mid altitudes and mangroves in the estuary of the Guayas basin, were associated with a maximum in boreal summer insolation, a northernmost position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a land-sea thermal contrast, cloud dripping, and dry edaphic conditions. Between 7700 and 2850 cal. yr BP, the expansion of the coastal vegetation and the regression of the mangrove indicate a drier climate with weak ITCZ and low El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability while austral summer insolation gradually increased. The interval between 4200 and 2850 cal. yr BP was marked by the coolest and driest climatic conditions of the Holocene because of the weak influence of the ITCZ and a strengthening of the Humboldt Current. After 2850 cal. yr BP, high variability and amplitude of the Andean forest changes occurred when ENSO frequency and amplitude increased, indicating high variability in land-sea connections. The ITCZ reached the latitude of Guayaquil only after 2500 cal. yr BP inducing the bimodal precipitation regime we observe today. Our study shows that besides insolation, the ITCZ position, and ENSO frequency, changes in eastern equatorial Pacific SSTs play a major role in determining the composition of the ecosystems and the hydrological cycle of the Ecuadorian Pacific coast and the Western Cordillera in Ecuador.
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20. Carbonate slope morphology revealing a giant submarine canyon (Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas)
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Mulder, T., primary, Gillet, H., additional, Hanquiez, V., additional, Ducassou, E., additional, Fauquembergue, K., additional, Principaud, M., additional, Conesa, G., additional, Le Goff, J., additional, Ragusa, J., additional, Bashah, S., additional, Bujan, S., additional, Reijmer, J.J.G., additional, Cavailhes, T., additional, Droxler, A.W., additional, Blank, D.G., additional, Guiastrennec, L., additional, Fabregas, N., additional, Recouvreur, A., additional, and Seibert, C., additional
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- 2017
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21. Carbonate slope morphology revealing sediment transfer from bank-to-slope (Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas)
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Mulder, T., primary, Joumes, M., additional, Hanquiez, V., additional, Gillet, H., additional, Reijmer, J.J.G., additional, Tournadour, E., additional, Chabaud, L., additional, Principaud, M., additional, Schnyder, J.S.D., additional, Borgomano, J., additional, Fauquembergue, K., additional, Ducassou, E., additional, and Busson, J., additional
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- 2017
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22. Carbonate slope morphology revealing sediment transfer from bank-to-slope (Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas)
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Mulder, T., Joumes, M., Hanquiez, V., Gillet, H., Reijmer, J. J.G., Tournadour, E., Chabaud, L., Principaud, M., Schnyder, J. S.D., Borgomano, J., Fauquembergue, K., Ducassou, E., Busson, J., Mulder, T., Joumes, M., Hanquiez, V., Gillet, H., Reijmer, J. J.G., Tournadour, E., Chabaud, L., Principaud, M., Schnyder, J. S.D., Borgomano, J., Fauquembergue, K., Ducassou, E., and Busson, J.
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New high-quality multibeam and high-resolution seismic data reveal new observations on sediment transfer and distribution and margin morphometrics in the uppermost slope of Northeastern Little Bahama Bank between 20 and 300 m water depth. The echofacies/backscatter facies show an alongslope sediment distribution forming successive strips. The upper part of the uppermost slope corresponds to the alternation of several submerged coral terraces and escarpments that could be related to Late Quaternary sea-level variations. The terraces could either be related to periods of stagnating sea-level or slow-down in sea-level change and therefore increased erosion by waves, or periods of accelerated sea-level rise since the Last Glacial Maximum. Terraces could therefore be related to coral construction and drowing. The medium part corresponds to the marginal escarpment, a steep cemented area. The lower part of the uppermost slope shows a discontinuous Holocene sediment wedge with varying thickness between 0 and 35 m. It is separated from the upper part by a zone of well-cemented seafloor associated with the marginal escarpment. Passing cold fronts result in sediment export caused by density cascading. The associated sediment fall-out and convective sedimentation can generate density currents that form this wedge and eventually flow through linear structures on the upper slope. The survey reveals the presence of recently active channels that extend over the entire uppermost slope and interrupt the wedge. The channels connect shallow tidal channels to submarine valleys connected to the proximal part of canyons. They directly feed the canyons with platform-derived sediment forming low-density turbidity currents and could supply the deepest part of the system with coarse-grained sediment directly exported from the carbonate platform.
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- 2017
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23. Sediment failure types, preconditions and triggering factors in the Gulf of Cadiz
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Leynaud, D., primary, Mulder, T., additional, Hanquiez, V., additional, Gonthier, E., additional, and Régert, A., additional
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- 2016
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24. South-western Africa vegetation responses to atmospheric and oceanic changes during the last climatic cycle
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Urrego, D. H., primary, Sánchez Goñi, M. F., additional, Daniau, A. L., additional, Lechevrel, S., additional, and Hanquiez, V., additional
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- 2015
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25. Supplementary material to "South-western Africa vegetation responses to atmospheric and oceanic changes during the last climatic cycle"
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Urrego, D. H., primary, Sánchez Goñi, M. F., additional, Daniau, A. L., additional, Lechevrel, S., additional, and Hanquiez, V., additional
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- 2015
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26. Increased aridity in southwestern Africa during the warmest periods of the last interglacial.
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Sánchez Goñi, M. F., Urrego, D. H., Daniau, A.-L., Lechevrel, S., and Hanquiez, V.
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ARID regions climate ,INTERGLACIALS ,SAVANNA ecology ,INTERTROPICAL convergence zone ,METEOROLOGICAL precipitation ,ECOLOGY - Abstract
Terrestrial and marine climatic tracers from marine core MD96-2098 were used to reconstruct glacial--interglacial climate variability in southwestern Africa between 194 and 24 thousand years before present. The pollen record documented three pronounced expansions of Namakaroo and fine-leaved savanna during the last interglacial (Marine Isotopic Stage 5 -- MIS 5). These Nama-karoo and fine-leaved savanna expansions were linked to increased aridity during the three warmest substadials of MIS 5. Enhanced aridity potentially resulted from a combination of reduced Benguela Upwelling, expanded subtropical highpressure cells, and reduced austral-summer precipitation due to a northward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Decreased austral-winter precipitation was likely linked to a southern displacement of the westerlies. In contrast, during glacial isotopic stages MIS 6, 4 and 3, fynbos expanded at the expense of Nama-karoo and fine-leaved savanna indicating a relative increase in precipitation probably concentrated during the austral winter months. Our record also suggested that warm--cold or cold--warm transitions between isotopic stages and substages were punctuated by short increases in humidity. Increased aridity during MIS 5e, 5c and 5a warm substages coincided with minima in both precessional index and global ice volume. On the other hand, austral-winter precipitation increases were associated with precession maxima at the time of well-developed Northern Hemisphere ice caps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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27. Giant deep submarine depressions: A combined dissolution-mechanical process along carbonate margins.
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Mulder, T., Cavailhes, T., Hanquiez, V., Gillet, H., Recouvreur, A., and Fabregas, N.
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HYDRAULIC jump , *SINKHOLES , *SUBMARINE valleys , *TURBIDITY currents , *SEDIMENTATION & deposition , *CARBONATE minerals , *CARBONATES , *EROSION , *SUBMARINE fans - Abstract
Submarine depressions are common features on the eastern Bahamian seafloor but the genesis of the deepest ones (>4000 m in water depth) is not well understood. We conducted a morphometric analysis and compared them to a worldwide database of rounded depressions, whatever their genesis is. The deep Bahamian depressions are large elongated structures, among the largest on Earth, with a width greater than 1000 m and a depth sometimes greater than 200 m. They extend at the toe of the Blake Bahama Escarpment (BBE), one of the tallest escarpments on Earth. Some of them align parallel to the BBE. Other depressions align along large submarine canyon axes. When aligned along canyon axes, the depressions closest to the canyon head are flanked by a topographic high interpreted as a slope-break deposit, i.e., sediment deposited after flow expansion following a hydraulic jump. Turbidity currents in the carbonate canyon system are not permanent processes, but are rather triggered during sea-level highstands when the carbonate platform is flooded. In addition, some depressions are not located in canyon axes. Consequently, the size and location of the depressions are not likely explained by a simple plunge pool mechanical erosion. Rather, our data suggest that all depressions could be initiated by giant karstic dissolution structures (dolines or sinkholes). Under interpretation, those located in canyon axes are sporadically refreshed by carbonate-laden turbidity currents. The height of the outsized chutes marking the crossing of the BBE by the canyon mouth generates a hydraulic jump allowing sediment deposition toward the bottom of the depression. Large depressions observed at this location in the Bahamas were the result of an initial dissolution phase related to retreat of the BBE and the more recent sediment-laden flow activity. The depressions orientated along canyon axes facilitated the regressive erosion that formed the canyons. At present, the depressions located at canyon mouths act as regular plunge pools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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28. Mercury contamination levels in the bioindicator piscivorous fish Hoplias aïmara in French Guiana rivers: mapping for risk assessment.
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Maury-Brachet R, Gentes S, Dassié EP, Feurtet-Mazel A, Vigouroux R, Laperche V, Gonzalez P, Hanquiez V, Mesmer-Dudons N, Durrieu G, and Legeay A
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- Animals, Environmental Monitoring, French Guiana, Gold, Humans, Risk Assessment, Environmental Biomarkers, Fishes, Mercury, Water Pollutants, Chemical
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In French Guiana, native populations present high level of mercury contamination, which has been linked to the consumption of contaminated fishes. The goal of this study is to undertake a cartography of mercury contamination levels in fishes from the six main Guiana rivers. The selected species for this study is the ubiquitous piscivorous fish Hoplias aimara. A total number of 575 fishes from 134 discrete fishing sites are regrouped into 51 river sectors. Results from this study permits to rank the six main Guiana rivers by their mean level of contamination: Oyapock (0.548 mg kg
-1 ), Comté (0.624 mg kg-1 ), Maroni (0.671 mg kg-1 ), Approuague (0.684 mg kg-1 ), Mana (0.675 mg kg-1 ), and Sinnamary (1.025 mg kg-1 ). The contamination is however not spatially homogenous along each river, and a map of the different levels of mercury contamination in fishes is provided. Sectors of low mean Hg contamination are observed both upstream (0.471 mg kg-1 ) and downstream (0.424 mg kg-1 ), corresponding to areas without any influence of gold mining activities and areas under the influence of estuarine dilution, respectively. Anoxia and gold mining activities are found to be the two main factors responsible for the high mercury concentration in fish muscles. While mean levels of mercury contaminations are higher in anoxia areas (1.029 mg kg-1 ), contaminations induced by gold mining activities (0.717 mg kg-1 ) present the most harmful consequences to human populations. No significant differences in Hg concentrations are observed between 2005 and 2014 for neither a pristine nor a gold mining area, while Hg concentration differences are observed between former (0.550 mg kg-1 ) and current gold mining sites (0.717 mg kg-1 ).- Published
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