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Informe de distribución espacial de características geomorfológicas y sedimentarias del sector meridional del LIC ESZZ15002 Espacio marino del oriente y sur de Lanzarote-Fuerteventura

Authors: Martínez-Carreño, N. (Natalia); Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás); Arrese-González, B. (Beatriz); López-Rodríguez, C. (Carmen); López-González, N. (Nieves); Gómez-Ballesteros, M. (María); Martín-Sosa, P. (Pablo);

Informe de distribución espacial de características geomorfológicas y sedimentarias del sector meridional del LIC ESZZ15002 Espacio marino del oriente y sur de Lanzarote-Fuerteventura

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En este informe se presenta una caracterización morfosedimentaria y estructural del margen sur de Fuerteventura, nueva y ampliada, que ha supuesto un beneficio para el estudio de las características morfológicas y de los hábitats bentónicos del margen sur de Fuerteventura. Para ello se ha realizado el reprocesado de los datos batimétricos y de reflectividad disponibles en la zona, que ha permitido mejorar su resolución y calidad, y ampliar de manera considerable la zona de estudio en relación a la estudiada en el proyecto anterior LIFE+INDEMARES. Los datos batimétricos se han interpretado junto con los registros de sonda paramétrica de alta resolución y los datos sedimentológicos (granulometría, mineralogía, contenido en materia orgánica y carbonatos) y petrológicos (tipo de roca) de muestras del fondo marino obtenidas durante en el proyecto LIFE+INDEMARES. Entre los tipos morfológicos cartografiados en la zona abundan los rasgos estructurales y erosivos, pero también existen rasgos deposicionales y biogénicos a lo largo de toda el área de estudio. Además se han identificado varios conos volcánicos situados a lo largo del talud. Las muestras de sedimento recuperadas se sitúan preferentemente en el techo del Banco de Amanay y en la zona de El Banquete, corresponden, fundamentalmente, a sedimentos gruesos de tipo arena-arena gravosa y en menor medida arena fangosa, con alto contenido en carbonato. Por su parte, dentro del material rocoso predominan las rocas volcánicas, principalmente los basaltos olivínicos, y las rocas carbonatadas ferruginosas. Entre las principales carencias identificadas, que podrían ser consideradas como una actividad futura para la mejora del conocimiento de la zona, destaca la ausencia de (1) una malla apropiada de registros de sonda paramétrica, ya que los existentes se centran en el techo del Banco de Amanay y en El Banquete, dejando las zonas profundas sin estudiar; y (2) una distribución adecuada de los muestreos de sedimento, ya que como en el punto anterior, las muestras recuperadas se limitan, fundamentalmente al techo del Banco de Amanay y El Banquete, dejando muchas áreas sin explorar. Esta escasez de muestras no permite un calibrado suficientemente correcto de los datos de reflectividad que son clave en la realización de modelos de predicción de hábitat.

This report presents a new and expanded morphosedimentary and structural characterization of the southern margin of Fuerteventura. The multibeam data (bathymetry and backscatter) available in the study area have been reprocessed, and high resolution parametric profiles, sedimentological (grain size, mineralogy, organic matter, and carbonate content) and petrological (type of rock) data have been integrated to achieve a more complete approach. The reprocessing of bathymetric data has substantially improved the resolution and quality of the data, and the addition of data from previous projects (ZEE project) has allowed to extend the study area. All this new information provides a benefit to the study of the morphological characteristics and the benthic habitats from the south of Fuerteventura area. Among the morphological types mapped in the study area, structural and erosive features are frequent, but depositional and biogenic features also appear in the whole area. Moreover, several volcanic cones have been mapped along the slope. Sediment samples retrieved at the study area, mostly located at the top of the Amanay Bank and El Banquete, correspond to coarse sediments as sand-gravelly sand and, in a lesser extent, with muddy sand of high carbonate content. The analysis from the rock samples indicates the presence of both volcanic (mainly olivine basalts) and carbonate (ferruginous) rocks. We identify two shortcomings in this study: (1) the absence of a suitable grid of high resolution sub-bottom profiles, since the available records are limited to the top of Amanay Bank and El Banquete area and, (2) the absence of a spatially more homogeneous and intensive grid for surficial sediment samples; this makes impossible to obtain a good calibration between the sediment samples and the backscatter data. For these reasons, we strongly recommend future activities to improve the knowledge of the area with a more detailed geophysical and sedimentological study, which will result in better habitat prediction models.

INTEMARES: Mejora del conocimiento de siete LICs de la RN 2000 de competencia estatal

Fondos LIFE, Comisión Europea. Fundación Biodiversidad. LIFE IP-PAF INTEMARES

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volcanic areas, Backscatter, Canary islands, Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, geomorphology, Medio Marino, bathymetric data

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