Relevés de température au marégraphe de Marseille

This study aims at commenting the article by Romano and Lugrezi (2007). Four main facts are brought to light: the temperature data used by Romano and Lugrezi were not sea temperatures, but air temperatures measured inside the Marseille tide gauge building; the sea temperature data still exist and were already exploited in at least three studies; these sea temperature data were never used to correct the tide gauge recordings for any effect in the computation of mean sea levels; the sea temperature was not measured in the tide gauge well, but outside of the building.     

Série du marégraphe de Marseille : mesures de températures de surface de la mer de 1895 à 1956 : une correction

In 2007, a daily temperature series, which has been collected from 1885 to 1967 at the Marseilles tide recorder, was published here. Upon the available information provided by the data managing office, they were considered as sea-surface temperatures. Unfortunately they were not but air temperature inside the building. In the present paper, the authors correct this error by studying the true seawater temperature series which had been dug out after the publication of the precedent paper. The study of this slightly shorter series (1895–1956) leads to close conclusions. Along these 61 years, the warming trend of the surface seawater rises to +1.6 °C, to +1.3 °C if only January to May and December are selected and +2.2 °C during the June to November period. In the first half part of the series (1895–1925), the average value of each month distributions (except January) and annual minimal (except 1956) are significantly lower than along the second (1925–1956).     

L'érosion des chaînes de montagnes : influence de la sédimentation de piedmont

The applanation of mountain belts that results in peneplain is generally considered to be caused by the long-term activity of erosion. Peneplanation has been previously defined as the lowering of an elevated topography and the concomitant subduing of its relief. We propose a model following which piedmont sedimentation induces the base level rise, allowing applanation to develop at high elevation and resulting in an elevated ‘peneplain’. This model is illustrated by the morphological evolution of the southern flank of the Pyrenees during the Cainozoic. To cite this article: J. Babault, J. Van Den Driessche, C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).     

Étude de la Représentativité des Teneurs en Platine et En Iridium d'un Echantillon de Sédiment de Ruisseau Prélevé a Proximité d'un Gîte de Cr-EGP-Ni

Une étude de représentativité a été effectuée sur un échantillon de sédiment de ruisseau (SRH-1) prélevéà proximité d'un gîte de Cr-EGP-Ni contenu dans la ceinture ophiolitique des Appalaches du Québec (Canada). Notre étude avait pour but de démontrer que l'analyse de quelques grammes de SRH-1 assurait une représentativité adéquate à l'utilisation des teneurs en EGP d'échantillons de sédiment de ruisseau comme outil d'exploration pour les gîtes de Cr-EGP-Ni associés aux séquences ophiolitiques. Pour ce faire, les teneurs en EGP de SRH-1 ont d'abord été caractérisées par pyroanalyse au sulfure de nickel (29 parties aliquotes de 50 g) et par pyroanalyse plombeuse (50 parties aliquotes de 25 g). Dans ce dernier cas, seulement Pt, Pd et Rh ont été mesurés. Ensuite, les EGP ont été mesurés dans des quantités de plus en plus petites de SRH-1 par pyroanalyse au sulfure de nickel (8 parties aliquotes de 15 g, 8 de 8 g et 8 de 5 g). Les résultats démontrent que des prises de 5 g de SRH-1 assurent une représentativité adéquate à l'analyse de Pt et de Ir soit des résultats analytiques similaires (moyennes et écarts types) à ceux découlant de l'analyse d'une prise de 50 g. Il nous a été impossible de juger de la représentativité d'une prise de 5 g en ce qui concerne les déterminations de Pd, Rh, Os, Ru, ces éléments se trouvant sous ou près des seuils de détection dans les prises de 15, 8, et de 5 g.     

Interprétation quantitative de l'anisotropie de susceptibilité magnétique

We propose a model in which the magnetic susceptibility anisotropy is considered as resulting from the distinct properties of two rock components. This model suggests that differences in the susceptibility ellipsoid can be principally related to mineralogical variations. Thus, some difficulties in the quantitative interpretation of anisotropy data may be explained. This model is consistent with a detailed analysis carried on Dalradian rocks from Scotland.A new methodology of anisotropy analysis is derived. It is based on the fact that, in specimens from a same sample, the susceptibility ellipsoid often varies, but relations nevertheless exist between values of the principal and mean susceptibilities. For each sample, measurements are made on 6–12 specimens. The study of the relations between principal and mean susceptibilities permits separation of the anisotropies of the rock components, the anisotropy determination appearing the best for the high susceptibility component.

Résumé

L'examen d'un modèle de roche, où l'anisotropie est considérée comme résultant des propriétés de deux constituants, montre que l'ellipsoïde de susceptibilité dépend fortement de la composition minéralogique. Ainsi s'expliquent certaines difficultés de l'interprétation quantitative des résultats d'anisotropie. Ce modèle est testé avec succès sur une série du Dalradien d'Écosse.Une nouvelle méthodologie d'analyse de l'anisotropie en découle. Elle est basée sur la constatation que l'ellipsoïde de susceptibilité présente souvent des fluctuations dans les différents spécimens taillés dans un même échantillon, et que des relations simples existent cependant entre les différentes valeurs des susceptibilités principales et moyenne. Pour chaque échantillon, les mesures sont faites sur 6–12 spécimens. L'étude des relations entre susceptibilités principales et moyenne permet une séparation des anisotropies des constituants de la roche, la détermination de l'anisotropie semblant d'autant meilleure que la susceptibilité est plus forte.     

Dosage Spectrophotométrique de L'Arsenic Dans Quelques Echantillons Géochimiques de Reaférence

Malgré sa facile volatilisation, une méthode chimique spécifique a été utilisée avec succès pour 1e dosage de l'arsenic dans la plupart des matériaux géologiques: attaque par les acides, séparation par extraction et dosage spectrophotométrique par absorption. La méthode s'applique à partir du ppm.     

Sedimentation et volcanisme synsédimentaire de la série de base de l'adoudounien infra-cambrien à travers deux exemples de l'Anti-Atlas du Maroc

The Adoudounian Basal Series within the western part of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas Mountains was deposited in a varying palæogeographical setting. The first deposits of volcaniclastic and carbonate sediments accumulated in small shallow basins under tectonic control. Then, sedimentation became siliciclastic and volcano-detrital with coastal and deltaic sedimentation in the western area and lagoon-lacustrine in the eastern area. Synsedimentary alkaline volcanism, associated with normal faulting, indicates a within-plate extensional tectonic regime related to rifting, which affected the northern margin of the West African Craton, during Late Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian times.     

Distribution des thanatocénoses récentes de radiolaires dans l'Atlantique nord-oriental et le sud de la mer de Norvège

The relative abundance of five groups of radiolarian species (nasselarians and spumellarians) in the thanatocoenoses within the recent sediments from 64^oN to the Equator is described. Four types of thanatocoenoses of Radiolarians and several subtypes are distinguished and in the broadest sense four major faunal zones can be delimited: north of 60^oN, a subarctic zone, a boreal zone, a subtropical zone whose boundary runs approximately along 45^oN and, south of 13^oN, a tropical zone. The correlations between the faunal provinces and climatic belts are more gradual in the low and intermediate latitudes than in the high latitudes     

Une nouvelle méthode de cartographie de la région d’Oran (Algérie) à l’aide de la télédétection multispectrale

We have mapped the region of Oran, Algeria, using multispectral remote sensing with different resolutions. For the identification of objects on the ground using their spectral signatures, two methods were applied to images from SPOT, LANDSAT, IRS-1 C and ASTER. The first one is called Base Rule method (BR method) and is based on a set of rules that must be met at each pixel in the different bands reflectance calibrated and henceforth it is assigned to a given class. The construction of these rules is based on the spectral profiles of popular classes in the scene studied. The second one is called Spectral Angle Mapper method (SAM method) and is based on the direct calculation of the spectral angle between the target vector representing the spectral profile of the desired class and the pixel vector whose components are numbered accounts in the different bands of the calibrated image reflectance. This new method was performed using PCSATWIN software developed by our own laboratory LAAR. After collecting a library of spectral signatures with multiple libraries, a detailed study of the principles and physical processes that can influence the spectral signature has been conducted. The final goal is to establish the range of variation of a spectral profile of a well-defined class and therefore to get precise bases for spectral rules. From the results we have obtained, we find that the supervised classification of these pixels by BR method derived from spectral signatures reduces the uncertainty associated with identifying objects by enhancing significantly the percentage of correct classification with very distinct classes.     

Apport de la gravimétrie à l'étude des structures profondes du Sahel de Tunisie (cas de la région de Kairouan–Sousse–Monastir)

The monotony of the surface and of the deep structure of the Sahel domain in eastern Tunisia (low topographic area covered by a Quaternary series) induces the possible existence of an important subsiding collapsed block and associated faulted zones. Gravity data analyses have permitted the reconnaissance of the crustal and gravimetric setting of the northern part of the Sahel domain and the discussion of main outlines of subsurface structures. The deep structure of a particular zone (Kairouan–Sousse–Monastir area) demonstrates the existence of an east-west en-doigt-de-gant crustal thinning confirmed by the gravity data. This deep structuring is perfectly showed by the high-resolution second-order enhanced analytic signal technique developed to image geologic boundaries such as contacts and faults. This technique, correlated with the distribution of all seismic events in the last century, has permitted to define an important east–west Kairouan–Sousse–Monastir tectonic corridor (CKSM). This corridor corresponds to major faults oriented east-west, were some folded structures can be developed. To cite this article: H. Gabtni, C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).     

Évaluation de la qualité de l'eau par application de la méthode géoélectrique : exemple de la plaine d'El Mida–Gabes nord (Sud tunisien)

The Mida plain, which is part of the North Gabès region (southern Tunisia), is characterized by the deep sandy units of the ‘Continental intercalaire’ (CI) or the limestone of the Lower Senonian. A geophysical survey, by electrical sounding (ES), was undertaken in the studied region to better characterize the deep geological structure of this plain and therefore its aquifer resources potential. The analysis of the results shows that the prospected zone is characterized by the succession of several levels with contrasted resistivities, which are often affected by faults. Among these observed geoelectrical levels, the highly conductor one could host a saline aquifer. Another geoelectrical level corresponding to the resistant bedrock detected at Oudhref horst can contain better-quality water than that of the aquifer detected in the El Mida Graben. In this work, we tried to explain the origin of the salinity of this aquifer. Thus, we hypothesise about a contamination from Jebel Zemlet El Beida through a border fault and another one from the Sebkhet El Hamma. To cite this article: A. Mhamdi et al., C. R. Geoscience 338 (2006).     

La stratigraphie du Pleistocène supérieur et de l'Holocène dans le Golfe de Gascogne: Essai de synthèse des critères actuellement utilisables

Using analysis of marines cores from the Bay of Biscay as a basis, a system of different episodes of the Upper Pleistocene and the Holocene in the area of the Bay is presented. These episodes are characterized by several sedimentological and micropaleontological observations and particularly by the analysis of the coiling ratio of a few species of planktonic foraminifera. From the cores it is thus possible to determine the Holocene, the Würmian with its four glacial and three interglacial stages, and, at the base of the last glacial stage, the Riss-Würm interglacial or its upper level.     

Mise au point d'un milieu de culture pour l'étude de l'altération de silicates en présence de Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The influence of microorganisms on mineral alteration is not easy to determine in environmental conditions, because of the difficulty to raise for comparison purposes an identical but abiotic system. Another problem in this context is the choice of reliable tracers to evaluate the alteration rate of materials during in vitro experiments. To face such difficulties, we elaborated a defined medium allowing both the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a precise measurement of the elements solubilized from the minerals. Thanks to this medium, we were able to quantitatively determine the amounts of major elements solubilized from the materials in the presence of bacterial growth, compared to a sterile system. Moreover, the analysis by ICP-MS of trace elements was possible after a chromatographic treatment, which selectively eliminated 99% of the sodium content of the medium. To cite this article: G. Aouad et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).     

Sur les anomalies structurales de l'anticlinal de l'oued Bahloul de Tunisie : héritage tectonique et plissement cisaillant de couverture

The Oued Bahloul structure exists in the central Atlas of Tunisia. This structure is oriented N70 and it shows a very particular geometry characterized by: (i) an important disharmony between the northern and the southern flanks; (ii) a dissymmetry between the east and the west parts of the structure; (iii) several gaps and progressive unconformities present in the Cretaceous and Eocene series.Three major tectonic directions characterize this structure: (i) the N120 appears in the western part of the anticline; (ii) some north–south faults distinguish the oriental part; (iii) the strike fault, which is confirmed by seismic data, affects the central part of this anticline. To cite this article: A. Saadi et al., C. R. Geoscience 338 (2006).     

Signification de la limite Jebha-Arbaoua (Maroc nord-occidental): une rampe latérale au-dessus dúne discontinuité crustale héritée de la période de “rifting”

The terranes which outcrop to the north and south of the westward extension of the Jebha Fault show considerable differences in their nature and structural organisation. The pre-Oligocene basement is composed of synorogenic synclines filled with detrital deposits. In the North, the synclinal troughs are oriented North-South and filled with siliciclastic material. The synclinal structures on top of the western extension of the Jebha Fault are orientated N 140° and are also filled with the same material. South of this westward extension of the Jebha Fault, the orientation of the synclinal structures is north-south; they are filled with bioclastic calcareous material.The synorogenic synclines, situated on top of the Jebha-Arbaoua limit show characteristics of the detached sedimentary cover by their position and orientation. This cover formed the Arbaoua-Jebha lateral ramp during its movement towards the west. Developement of this ramp is explained by the crustal discontinuity inherited from the period of rifting.The resulting palaeomorphological relief allows the difference between the zones situated at each part of the limit to be understood, in particular, it permits the understanding of the differences in the detrital material, in its role as a barrier opposing the arrival of bioclastic calcareous material from the African margin (situated southwards of the limit).The Arbaoua-Jebha lateral ramp appears as a major and original feature of the Rift chain.