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[ES]De septiembre de 2004 a septiembre de 2005 se fondearon varios anclajes en el interior del cañón submarino de Cap de Creus para investigar los procesos de transporte de sedimento asociados a las cataratas submarinas de agua densa del Golfo de León. Durante el invierno de 2005 este fenómeno oceanográfico fue excepcionalmente intenso, afectando de forma casi continuada la cabecera del cañón submarino desde finales de enero hasta principios de abril, manteniendo temperaturas bajas, concentraciones de sedimento en suspensión altas y corrientes elevadas (procedentes preferentemente del flanco sur del cañón). El análisis de las partículas atrapadas por una trampa de sedimento fondeada a 30 m sobre el lecho marino evidenció que estas cataratas submarinas son capaces de transportar sedimentos de tamaño grueso en suspensión (hasta un 65% de fracción arena), dotándose de una gran capacidad erosiva y de generación de formas de fondo. La orientación de un campo de surcos sedimentarios erosivos identificado recientemente en el interior del cañón coincide claramente con las direcciones preferentes de las corrientes de mayor intensidad durante los eventos de cataratas submarinas. Este hecho indica una relación causa-efecto entre los procesos contemporáneos de transporte de sedimento asociados a este proceso oceanográfico y la formación y mantenimiento de los surcos sedimentarios en el interior del cañón submarino de Cap de Creus
[EN] To investigate the processes by which sediment is transported through a submarine canyon incised in a continental margin affected by recurrent dense shelf water cascading events, several instrumented mooorings were deployed in the Cap de Creus Canyon from September 2004 to September 2005. Cascading was exceptionally intense during winter 2004-05 and from late January to early April, this process almost continuously affected the entire upper canyon section and maintained cold temperatures, high suspeded sediment concentrations and down-canyons steady currents >40 cm/s, preferentially directed to ENE(i.e. coming from the southern canyon wall). Grain size analyses of the particles caught by a near-bottom sediment trap show that dense shelf water cascades are able to transport coarse sediments (up to 65% sand) in suspension, which have the potential to abrade the seafloor and generate erosive bed forms. The orientation of a large field of "wide" (i.e.widths about 1/2 spacing indicative of erosive formation) sedimentary furrows recently observed in the Cap de Creus Canyon clearly coincides with the preferential direction of highest velocities measured by the moored current meters, indicating a causative relationship between contemporary dense shelf water cascades and furrow formation
Este trabajo ha sido financiado por la Office of Naval Research (proyectos N00014-04-10379 y N00014-03-1-142) y por el 5º Programa Marco de la Unión Europea (proyecto EVK3-CT-2002-00079)
VII Congreso Geológico de España, 14-18 Julio 2008, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.-- 4 pages, 3 figures
Peer reviewed
Marine sediments, Dense shelf water cascade, Surcos sedimentarios, Sediments marins, Cañón submarino, Creus, Cap de (Catalunya), Cataratas submarinas, Creus, Cape (Catalonia), Sedimentary furrows, Submarine canyon
Marine sediments, Dense shelf water cascade, Surcos sedimentarios, Sediments marins, Cañón submarino, Creus, Cap de (Catalunya), Cataratas submarinas, Creus, Cape (Catalonia), Sedimentary furrows, Submarine canyon
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