FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Pockmarks on the South Aquitaine Margin continental slope: The seabed expression of past fluid circulation and former bottom currents BT AF MICHEL, Guillaume DUPRE, Stephanie BALTZER, Agnes EHRHOLD, Axel IMBERT, Patrice PITEL, Mathilde LOUBRIEU, Benoit SCALABRIN, Carla LAZURE, Pascal MARIE, Louis GELDOF, Jean-Baptiste DEVILLE, Eric AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:1;5:3;6:1;7:1;8:1;9:4;10:4;11:5;12:6; FF 1:;2:PDG-REM-GM-LAD;3:PDG-REM-GM-LGG;4:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;5:;6:PDG-REM-GM-CTDI;7:PDG-REM-GM-CTDI;8:PDG-REM-GM-LCG;9:PDG-ODE-LOPS-OC;10:PDG-ODE-LOPS-OC;11:;12:; C1 IFREMER, Unite Geosci Marines, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Univ Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6554, F-44312 Nantes 3, France. Ctr Sci & Tech Jean Feger, TOTAL, Ave Larribau, F-64018 Pau, France. IFREMER, Lab Oceanog Phys & Spatiale, F-29280 Plouzane, France. TOTAL, 10 Pl Vosges, F-92072 Paris, France. IFP Energies Nouvelles, 1&4 Ave Bois Pre Preau, F-92852 Rueil Malmaison, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV NANTES, FRANCE TOTAL, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE TOTAL, FRANCE IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-GM-LAD PDG-REM-GM-LGG PDG-REM-GM-LGS PDG-REM-GM-CTDI PDG-REM-GM-LCG PDG-ODE-LOPS-OC UM LOPS IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 1.621 TC 21 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00413/52491/53279.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00413/52491/53280.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00413/52491/53282.jpg https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00413/52491/53283.jpg LA English DT Article CR ASPEX2 BOBGEO2 GAZCOGNE1 BO Le Suroît DE ;Pockmark;Fluid;Seabed morphology;Aquitaine slope;GIS;Currents AB Inactive and mostly elongated pockmarks of 100–200 m in dimension were recently discovered on the South Aquitaine Margin continental slope. They are distributed at water depths greater than 350 m in both interfluve and sediment-wave areas, and are strongly controlled by the sedimentary morphology and architecture. Water column and seafloor backscatter and sub-bottom profiler data do not exhibit present-day or past gas evidence, e.g., massive and continuous gas releases at the seabed and fossil methane-derived authigenic carbonates. It is thus proposed that the pockmarks originated from a shallow source and result from relatively recent and short-duration gas or water expulsion events. Former near-bottom currents may have contributed to the elongation of these WNW–ESE-oriented pockmarks, whereas present-day weaker near-bottom currents may induce upwelling, contributing to the maintenance of the elongated shapes of the pockmarks. PY 2017 PD DEC SO Comptes Rendus Geoscience SN 1631-0713 PU Elsevier France-editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier VL 349 IS 8 UT 000418834100003 BP 391 EP 401 DI 10.1016/j.crte.2017.10.003 ID 52491 ER EF