FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Impact of dense shelf water cascading on the transfer of organic matter to the deep western Mediterranean basin BT AF SANCHEZ-VIDAL, A. PASQUAL, C. KERHERVE, P. CALAFAT, A. HEUSSNER, S. PALANQUES, A. DURRIEU DE MADRON, X. CANALS, M. PUIG, P. AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:2;5:1;6:3;7:1;8:2;9:3; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:; C1 Univ Perpignan, CEFREM, UMR 5110, CNRS, F-66860 Perpignan, France. Univ Barcelona, GRC Geociencies Marines, Fac Geol, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. CSIC, Inst Ciencias Mar, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain. C2 UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE UNIV BARCELONA, SPAIN CSIC, SPAIN IF 2.959 TC 60 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00289/40006/38578.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00289/40006/38579.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00289/40006/38580.pdf LA English DT Article CR BILLION 22 BILLION 23 HERMES 2 HERMES 4 HERMES 6 BO Téthys II AB During winter 2005 - 2006, particle fluxes and near-bottom currents were measured in and around the Lacaze-Duthiers and Cap de Creus submarine canyons ( western Gulf of Lion). Current anomalies show the occurrence of a major dense shelf water cascading event down to the slope, the latest recorded up to date in the area. Concomitant increased total mass fluxes highlight the ability of cascading waters to transport large amounts of coarse sediment and organic matter, which is predominantly of terrestrial origin. In addition, results reveal that the current regime and associated grain size sorting is the responsible for a geochemical gradient of settling organic particles along the slope. PY 2008 PD MAR SO Geophysical Research Letters SN 0094-8276 PU Amer Geophysical Union VL 35 IS L05605 UT 000254155900005 BP 1 EP 5 DI 10.1029/2007GL032825 ID 40006 ER EF