Contourite and mixed turbidite-contourite systems in the Mozambique Channel (SW Indian Ocean): link between geometry, sediment characteristics and modelled …

E Miramontes, A Thiéblemont, N Babonneau… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Oceanic currents can profoundly reshape the seafloor and even modify the characteristics of
turbidite systems. Multiple erosional and depositional features directly formed by bottom …

[PDF][PDF] The east-Mayotte new volcano in the Comoros archipelago: structure and timing of magmatic phases inferred from seismic reflection data

C Masquelet, S Leroy… - Comptes …, 2022 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
A multichannel seismic reflection profile acquired during the SISMAORE cruise (2021)
provides the first in-depth image of the submarine volcanic edifice, named Fani Maore, that …

Indo-pacific Walker circulation drove Pleistocene African aridification

HJL Van der Lubbe, IR Hall, S Barker, SR Hemming… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Today, the eastern African hydroclimate is tightly linked to fluctuations in the zonal
atmospheric Walker circulation,. A growing body of evidence indicates that this circulation …

The impact of internal waves on upper continental slopes: insights from the Mozambican margin (southwest Indian Ocean)

E Miramontes, G Jouet, E Thereau… - Earth Surface …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Evidences of sedimentation affected by oceanic circulation, such as nepheloid layers and
contourites are often observed along continental slopes. However, the oceanographic …

Efficient organic carbon burial by bottom currents in the ocean: A potential role in climate modulation

S Yin, FJ Hernández‐Molina, W Fan… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom currents play a major role in deep‐sea sedimentation, but their significance in the
burial of organic carbon is poorly quantified at a global scale. Here we show that Holocene …

[PDF][PDF] Heat flow measurements in the Northern Mozambique Channel

F Rolandone, J Poort… - Comptes …, 2022 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Heat flow in the Northern Mozambique Channel is poorly constrained, with only a few old
measurements indicating relatively low values of 55–62 mW/m2. During the SISMAORE …

Intra-oceanic emplacement of the Comoros Archipelago through inherited fracture zones

C Masquelet, L Watremez, S Leroy, D Sauter… - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
We shed light on the nature and structure of the crust surrounding the Comoros Archipelago,
western Indian Ocean, offering insights into the region's geological history and volcanic …

Orbital forcing and evolution of the Southern African Monsoon from late Miocene to early Pliocene

AQ de Azevedo, FJ Jiménez‐Espejo… - Paleoceanography …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The late Miocene‐early Pliocene (7.4‐4.5 Ma) is a key interval in Earth's history
where intense reorganization of atmospheric and ocean circulation occurred within a global …

The LILY database: Linking lithology to IODP physical, chemical, and magnetic properties data

LB Childress, GD Acton, VP Percuoco… - Geochemistry …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
During each expedition of the International Ocean Discovery Program and its precursor, the
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (jointly referred to as IODP), vast arrays of data are …

Honest bookkeeping for source-to-sink sediment mass-balance analysis with examples from the Angoche margin of Mozambique and the Corsica trough of France

WA Heins - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
If sediments in a basin share a similar genetic history (derived from a common place, from a
common suite of raw materials, under a common set of environmental conditions, and …