The Gulf of Lions

River inputs and delta

Antonelli C., M. Provansal, C. Vella. (submitted) Recent morphological changes of a channel in a deltaïc environment. The case of the Rhone river, France. Geomorphology.

Arnaud-Fassetta G. & Provansal M., 1999. High frequency variations of water flux and sediment discharge during little Ice Age in the Rhone delta (France). Relationship to the catchment area. Developments in Hydrobiology , 410, 241-250.

Arnaud-Fassetta G., De Beaulieu J.L., Suc J.-P., Provansal M., Williamson D., Leveau P., Aloisi J.-C., Gadel F., Giresse P., Evin J., Duzer D. (submitted) Evidence for an early landuse in the Rhône delta (mediterranean France) as recorded by late Holocene fluvial paleoenvironments (1640-100 BC). Geodinamica Acta

Arnaud-Fassetta, 2002, Geomorphological records of a flood-dominated regime in the Rhone delta (France) between the 1st century and the 2nd century AD. What correlations with the catchment paleohydrology? Geodinamica Acta, 15, 79-92.

Arnaud-Fassetta, G., Quisserne, D., Antonelli, C., in press. Bed material discontinuum along a large and managed river: the case of the Rhône River in its delta (France) after 150 years of climatic-societal disturbances. Geomorphologie :Relief, Processus, Environnement.

Badie C, Burollet PF, Fernex F, Triat-Laval H, 1983. Essai de bilan de la sedimentation devant l’embouchure du Grand-Rhône. Rapports, Commission Internationale pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la Mediterranee 28: 207-208.

Bravard J.-P., Peiry J.-L. & P. Gadiolet (1991) : La formation de la plaine alluviale holocène du Rhône à l'amont de Lyon. Physio-géo, 22-23, 167-172.

Bruneton H., Arnaud-Fassetta G., Provansal M. & Sistach D., 2001. Geomorphological evidence for fluvial changes during the Roman period in the lower Rhone valley (Southern France), Catena.

Got, H, Aloisi, J-C, Monaco, A, 1985. Sedimentary processes in Mediterranean deltas and shelves, in Stanley, DJ, Wezel, F-C (Eds.) Geological evolution of the Mediterranean basin. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp355-376.

Leveau M, Coste B, 1987. Impacts des apports Rhodaniens sur le milieu pelagique du Golfe du Lion. Bulletin d’Ecologie 18: 119-122.

Milliman JD, Meade RH, 1983. World-wide delivery of river sediment to the oceans. Journal of Geology 91: 1-21.

Milliman, JD., Syvitski, JPM., 1992. Geomorphic/tectonic control of sediment discharge to the ocean: the importance of small mountainous rivers. Journal of Geology 100: 525-544.

Miramont, C., Jorda, M., Pichard, G., 1998. Evolution historique de la morphogenèse et de la dynamique fluviale d’une rivière méditerranéenne : l’exemple de la moyenne Durance (France du SE). Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 52, 381-392.

Mulder T, Syvitski JPM, 1995. Turbidity currents generated at river mouths during exceptional discharges to the world oceans. Journal of Geology 103 (3): 285-299.

Ookmens, E., 1970. Depositional sequences and sand distribution in the postglacial Rhone delta complex, in Morgan, JP (Ed.) Deltaic sedimentation: Modern and Ancient. SEPM Special Publications 15: 198-212.

Pardé, M., 1951. Sur le mécanisme des transports solides effectués par les rivières et les altérations corrélatives des lits fluviaux. Revue de Géographie Alpine,39, 5-40.

Pichard, G., 1995. Les crues sur le bas Rhône de 1500 à nos jours. Pour une histoire hydro-climatique. Méditerranée, 3-4, 105-116.

Poinsard, D., Bravard, J-P., Caclin, M-C., 1989. Profil en long et granulométrie du lit des cours d’eau aménagés : l’exemple du canal de Miribel (Haut-Rhône). Revue de Géographie de Lyon, 64-4, 240-251

Pont D. (1997) Les débits solides du Rhône à proximité de son embouchure : données récentes (1994-1995). Revue de Géographie de Lyon, 72, 23-33.

Pont. D, Simonet J.P. & Walter A.V. (2002) Medium-term changes in suspended sediment delivery to the ocean: Consequences of catchment heterogeneity and river management (Rhône river, France). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 54, 1-18.

Provansal M., Berger J.F., Bravard J.P., Salvador P.G., Arnaud-Fassetta G., Bruneton H., Verot-Bourrely A., Le régime du Rhône dans l’Antiquité et au Haut Moyen-Age, Gallia, 56, 13-32, 1999.

Provansal M., Vella C., Arnaud-Fassetta G., Sabatier F. et Maillet G. (2003) Role of fluvial sediment inputs in the mobility of the Rhône delta coast (France). Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement, 4, 271-282.

Serrat P. (1999) Dynamique sédimentaire actuelle d'un système fluvial méditerranéen: l'Agly (France). Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, 329, 189-196.

Serrat, P., Ludwig, W., Navarro, B. & Blazi, J.-L. (2001) Variabilité spatio-temporelle des flux de matières en suspension d’un fleuve côtier méditerranéen : la Têt (France). Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, 333, 389-397.

Suanez S., Laget V., Provansal M. (1997) Variations relatives du niveau marin dans le delta du Rhône et à Marseille, implications tectoniques et/ou climatiques. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, 324, 639-646.

Prodeltas and littoral

Arnaud M. & Charmasson S. (1996) Horizontal distribution of some artificial radionuclides in sediments collected off the Rhone mouth (Gulf of Lions - Mediterranean sea). Chemistry and Ecology, 12, 231-237.

Boyer J., Duvail C., Le Strat P., Gensous B. & Tesson M. (2005) High resolution stratigraphy and evolution of the Rhone delta plain during Postglacial time, from subsurface drilling data bank. Marine Geology, 222-223, 267-298.

Buscail R., R. Pocklington, R. Daumas & L. Guidi (1990) Fluxes and budget of organic matter in the benthic boundary layer over the northwestern Mediterranean margin. Continental Shelf Research, 10 (9-10), 1089-1122.

Cambon G., Suc J.P., Touzani A., Aloisi J.C., Giresse P., Monaco A., Duzer D. & Ferrier J. (1997) Modern pollen sedimentation processes in the Rhône delta (lagoonal and marine deposits), France .Grana , 36, 105-113.

Charmasson S., Radakovitch O., Arnaud M., Bouisset P. & Pruchon A.-S. (1998) Long-core profiles of 137 Cs, 134 Cs, 60 Co and 210 Pb in sediment near the Rhone mouth (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea). Estuaries, 21, 3, 367-378.

Eyrolle F. & Charmasson S. (2001). Distribution of organic carbon, selected stable elements and artificial radionuclides among dissolved, colloidal and particulate phases in the Rhône river (France) : preliminary results. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 55, 145-155.

Guidi-Guilvard, L.D., Buscail, R., 1995. Seasonal survey of metazoan meiofauna and surface sediment organics in a non-tidal turbulent sublittoral prodelta (Northwestern Mediterranean). Continental Shelf Research 15(6): 633-653.

Labaune C., Tesson M. & Gensous B. (In Press) Integration of high and very high resolution seismic reflection profiles to study late Quaternary deposits of a coastal area in the western Gulf of Lions, SW France. Marine Geophysical Researches.

Makaske, B, Augustinus, PGEF, 1998. Morphologic changes of a micro-tidal, low wave energy beach face during a spring-neap tide cycle, Rhône-Delta, France. Journal of Coastal Research 14(2): 632-645.

Pons, F., Sabatier, F., Tanguy, J-M., & Lambert, A. (2002) Morphodynamique des dunes sous l’effet du vent : mesures expérimentales et modélisation, Génie Civil Génie Côtier, 220-228.

Radakovitch, O., Charmasson, S., Arnaud, M. & Bouisset, P. (1999) 210 Pb and Caesium accumulation in the Rhône Delta sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 48, 77-92.

Roussiez, V., Aloisi, J.C., Monaco, A., Ludwig, W., 2005. Early muddy deposits along the Gulf of Lions shoreline: a key for a better understanding of land-to-sea transfer of sediments and associated pollutant fluxes. Marine Geology 222-223, 345-358.

Sabatier, F. & Arnaud-Fassetta, G. (1999) – Premières données sur la contribution des apports sableux du Petit Rhône aux plages du golfe de Beauduc (delta du Rhône), Méditerranée, 4, 11-18.

Sabatier, F. & Provansal, M. (2000) – Bilans morphologiques, répartition granulométriques et direction du transport sédimentaire autour du brise-lames de Ste Anne, delta du Rhône, Génie Civil Génie Côtier, 207-216.

Sabatier F. & Suanez S. (2003) Evolution of the Rhône delta coast since the end of the 19th century. Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement, 4, 283-300.

Sabatier, F. ; Lambert , A. & Provansal, M. (submitted) – Déformation des barres d’avant côte des plages du delta du Rhône. Résultats préliminaires, Journal de Recherche Océanographique.

Sabatier F. Antonelli C., Maillet G. et Fleury T.J. (2003) River-shoreface-shelf sediment budget of a deltaic system. The case of the Rhone detla during the 20th century (France). International Hydraulics Association Research, 3rd Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Barcelona 1-5 september 2003, 913-923.

Suanez, S & Sabatier, F (1999) – Eléments de réflexion pour une gestion cohérente du littoral du delta du Rhône, Revue de Géographie de Lyon, 4, 8-22.

Suanez, S. & Provansal, M. (1996) Morphosedimentary behaviour of the deltaic fringe in comparison to the relative sea-level rise on the Rhone delta, Quaternary Sciences Reviews, 15, 811-816.

Suanez, S. & Provansal, M. (1998) Large scale evolution of the littoral of the Rhone delta (Southeast France), Journal of Coastal Research, 14, 2, 493-501.

Suanez, S., Provansal, M. (1998) - Large scale evolution of the littoral of the Rhone Delta (Southeast France). Journal of Coastal Research, 14/2: 493-501.

Vella C. & Provansal M. (2000) Relative sea level rise and neotectonic events during the last 6500 years on the southern eastern Rhone delta, France. Marine Geology., 170, 27-39.

Vella, C., Bourcier, M., Provansal, M. (1998) - Montée du niveau marin et sédimentation holocène sur la marge orientale du delta du Rhône, Provence, France. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 169/3: 403-414.

River plume dynamics

Arnoux-Chiavassa S., Rey V., Fraunié P., 1999 : Modelling of suspended sediment fluxes off the Rhone river mouth. Journal of Coastal Research, 15, 61-73.

Arnoux-Chiavassa S., Rey V., Fraunié P., 2003. Modelling 3-D Rhone river plume using a higher order advection scheme. Oceanologica Acta, in press.

Broche P., Devenon J.L., Forget P., de Maistre J.C., Naudin J.J. & Cauwet G. (1998): Experimental sudy of the Rhone river plume. Part I: physics and dynamics. Oceanologica Acta, 21, 725-738.

Demarcq H, Wald L, 1984. Surface dynamics of the Rhône plume inferred from infrared imagery. Oceanologica Acta 7 (2): 159-162.

Estournel C., Broche P., Marsaleix P., Devenon J.L., Auclair F. & Vehil R, 2001 : The Rhone river plume in unsteady conditions : numerical and experimental results. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 53, 25-38.

Estournel C., Kondrachoff V., Marsaleix P. & Vehil R., 1997: The plume of the Rhone: numerical simulation and remote sensing. Continental Shelf Research. 17, 899-924.

Forget, P., S. Ouillon, F. Lahet, P. Broche, 1999. Inversion of reflectance spectra of non-chlorphyllous turbid coastal waters, Remote Sensing of the Environment, 68, 264-272.

Forget, P., Broche, P., Naudin, J.J, 2001. Reflectance sensitivity to solid suspended sediment stratification in coastal water and inversion, Remote Sensing of the Environment, 77, 92–103.

Kondrachoff, V, Estournel, C, Marsaleix, P, Vehil, R, Zbinden, RM, 1994. Detection of the Rhône river plume using NOAA-AVHRR data. Comparison with hydrodynamic modelling results. In: Johannessen JA, Guymer, TH (Eds.) Oceanic remote sensing and sea ice monitoring, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Bellingham. WA. pp.73-84.

Lefevre D, Minas HJ, Minas M, Robinson C, Williams PJL, Woodward EMS, 1997. Review of gross community production, primary production, net community production and dark community respiration in the Gulf of Lions. Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography 44 (3-4): 801-832.

Marsaleix P., Estournel C., Kondrachoff V. & R. Vehil, 1998: A numerical study of the formation of the Rhone river plume. Journal of Marine Systems., 14, 99-115.

Naudin J.J., Cauwet G., Chretiennot-Dinet M.J., Deniaux B., Devenon J.L. & Pauc H. (1997) River discharge and wind influence upon particulate transfer at the land-ocean interaction: case-study of the Rhone River plume. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 45, 303-316.

Ouillon, S, Forget, P, Froidefond, JM, Naudin, JJ, 1997. Estimating suspended matter concentrations from SPOT data and from field measurements in the Rhône river plume. Marine Technology Society Journal 31(2): 15-20.

Shelf circulation

Auclair F., Marsaleix P. & C. Estournel, 2001 : The penetration of the northern current over the Gulf of Lion (Western Mediterranean Sea) as a downscaling problem. Oceanologica Acta, 24, 529-544.

Auclair F., Casitas S., Marsaleix P. (2000) Application of an inverse method to coastal modelling. Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technologies, 17, 1368-1391.

Auclair F., Marsaleix P. and Estournel C. (2000) Sigma coordinate pressure gradient errors: evaluation and reduction by an inverse method. Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technologies, 17, 1348-1367.

Beckers JM, Brasseur P, Nihoul JCJ, 1997. Circulation of the western Mediterranean: From global to regional scales. Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography 44 (3-4): 531-549.

Béthoux J.P., Durrieu de Madron X., Nyffeler F. & Taillez D. (2002). Deep water in the western Mediterranean: peculiar 1999 and 2000 characteristics, shelf formation hypothesis, variability since 1970 and geochemical inferences. Journal of Marine Systems, 33-34, 117-131.

Conan P., Millot C. (1995). Variability of the Northern Current off Marseilles, Western Mediterranean Sea, from February to June 1992. Oceanologica Acta, 18 (2): 193-205.

Conan P., Pujo-Pay M., Raimbault P., Leveau M. (1998). Variabilité hydrologique et biologique au sein du Courant Nord Méditerranéen à l'entrée du golfe du Lion. I. Bilan annuel des transports en azote et productivité potentielle. Oceanologica Acta, 21 (6): 751-765.

Conan P., Pujo-Pay M., Raimbault P., Leveau M. (1998). Variabilité hydrologique et biologique au sein du Courant Nord Méditerranéen à l'entrée du golfe du Lion. II. Bilan de la productivité sur le bord interne du courant. Oceanologica Acta, 21 (6): 767-781.

Echevin V., Crépon M., and Mortier L., 2001. Analysis of the mesoscale circulation in the North Western Mediterranean Sea simulated in the framework of the Mediterranean Forecast System Pilot Project, Annalae Geophysicae, in press.

Echevin V., Mortier L., Crépon M., 2002. Interaction of a coastal current with a gulf: application to the shelf circulation of the Gulf of Lions in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, in press.

Estournel C., Durrieu de Madron X., Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Julliand C. & Vehil R. (2002) Observation and modelisation of the winter coastal oceanic circulation in the Gulf of Lions under wind conditions influenced by the continental orography (FETCH experiment). Journal of Geophysical Research., in press.

Flexas M., Durrieu de Madron X., Garcia M.A., Canals M. & Arnau P. (2002). Flow variability in the Gulf of Lions during the MATER HFF Experiment (March-May 1997). Journal of Marine Systems, 33-34, 197-214.

Lamy A., Millot C. & Molines J.M., (1981). Bottom pressure and sea level measurements in the Gulf of Lions. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 11, 394-410.

J. Lloret, J. Lleonart, I. Solé and J.M. Fromentin (2001) Fluctuations of landings and environmental conditions in the north-western Mediterranean Sea. Fisheries Oceanography 10(1):33-50.

Millot C, 1976. Specific features of the sea-shore circulation near Cap Leucate. Memoire Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege 10: 227-245.

Millot C. & Crépon M. (1981). Inertial oscillations on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Lions - Observations and Theory. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 11, 639-657.

Millot C. (1990) The Gulf of Lions' hydrodynamics. Continental Shelf Research, 10, 885-894,.

Millot C. & Wald L., 1980. The effect of Mistral Wind on the Ligurian current near Provence. Oceanologica Acta.3 (4), 399-402.

Minas HJ, 1971. Observations hydrologiques dans le golfe de Marseille (annees 1961-1965). Têthys 3(3): 447-457.

Verdier-Bonnet C., Angot P., Fraunie P., Coantic M. (1999) Three-dimensional modelling of coastal circulations with different k– e closures. Journal of Marine Systems, 21 321–339

Hydrology and nepheloid layers

Aloisi, J.C., Cambon, J.P., Carbonne, J., Cauwet, G., Millot, C., Monaco, A., Pauc, H. (1982). Origine et rôle du néphéloide profond dans le transfert des particules en milieu marin. Application au Golfe du Lion. Oceanologica Acta 5, 481}491.

Durrieu de Madron X. & M. Panouse (1996). Transport de matière en suspension sur le plateau continental du Golfe du Lion - Situation estivale et hivernale. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Série IIa, Paris, 322, 1061-1070.

Durrieu de Madron X. (1994) Hydrography and nepheloid structures in the Grand-Rhône canyon. Continental Shelf Research, 14 , 457-477.

Durrieu de Madron X., F. Nyffeler & C.H. Godet (1990) Hydrographic structure and nepheloid spatial distribution in the Gulf of Lions continental margin. Continental Shelf Research, 10 , 915-929.

Guillén J., A. Palanques, P. Puig, X. Durrieu de Madron & F. Nyffeler (2000) Field calibration of optical sensors for measuring suspended sediment concentration in the western Mediterranean. Scientia Marina, 64 (4), 427-435.

Naudin JJ, Cauwet G, 1997. Transfer mechanisms and biogeochemical implications in the bottom nepheloid layer. A case study of the coastal zone off the Rhône River (France). Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography 44 (3-4): 551-575.

Downward particulate fluxes on the slope /
Shelf-slope exchange processes

Alleman L.Y., B. Hamelin, A.J. Véron, J-C. Miquel & S. Heussner (2000) Lead sources and transfer in the coastal Mediterranean: evidence from stable lead isotopes in marine particles. Deep Sea Research II, 47, 9-11, 2257-2279.

Courp T. & A. Monaco (1990) Sediment dispersal and accumulation on the continental margin of the Gulf of Lions : sedimentary budget. Continental Shelf Research, 10 (9-10)1063-1088.

Durrieu de Madron X., O. Radakovitch, S. Heussner, M.D. Loye-Pilot. and A. Monaco (1999). Role of the climatological and current variability on shelf-slope exchanges of particulate matter. Evidence from the Rhône continental margin (NW Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Research I, 46:1513-1538.

Heussner S., A. Monaco & S.W. Fowler (1987) Characterization and vertical transport of settling biogenic particles in the northwestern Mediterranean. Mitteilungen des Geologishen und Palaontologishes Institut Hamburg, 62, 127-147.

Heussner S., A. Monaco, S.W. Fowler, R. Buscail, C. Millot & R. Bojanowski (1988) ECOMARGE: Flux of particulate matter in the northwestern Mediteranean (Gulf of Lion). Oceanologica Acta, 9, 149-154.

Heussner S., C. Ratti & J. Carbonne (1990) The PPS3 sediment trap and trap sample processing techniques used during the ECOMARGE experiment. Continental Shelf Research, 10, 943-958.

Kerherve P., M. Minagawa, S. Heussner & A. Monaco (2001) Stable isotopes (13C/12C and 15N/14N) in settling organic matter of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea: biogeochemical implications. Oceanologica Acta, 24, S77-S85.

Monaco A., S. Heussner, T. Courp, R. Buscail, S.W. Fowler, C. Millot & F. Nyffeler (1987) Particle supply by nepheloid layers on the northwestern Mediterranean margin. Mitteilungen des Geologishen und Palaontologishes Institut Hamburg, 62, 109-125.

Monaco A., P.E. Biscaye, J. Soyer, R. Pocklington & S. Heussner (1990) Particle fluxes and ecosystem response on a continental margin: the 1985-1988 Mediterranean experiment. Continental Shelf Research, 10, 809-839.

Monaco A., T. Courp, S. Heussner, J. Carbonne, S.W. Fowler & B. deniaux (1990) Seasonality and composirion of particulate fluxes during ECOMARGE-I, wetsern Gulf of Lions. Continental Shelf Research, 10 (9-10) 959-988.

Monaco A., X. Durrieu de Madron, O. Radakovitch, S. Heussner and J. Carbonne (1999). Seasonal variability of downward biogeochemical fluxes on the Rhône continental margin (NW Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Research I, 46: 1483-1512.

Radakovitch O., R.D. Cherry, M. Heyraud & S. Heussner (1998) Unusual 210Po/210Pb ratios in the surface water of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Oceanologica Acta, 21, 459-468.

Radakovitch O., Cherry R.D. & Heussner, S. (1999) 210 Po and 210 Pb: tracers of particle transfer on the Rhône continental margin (NW Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Research I, 46 (9), 1539-1563.

Van Wambeke F., S. Heussner, F. Diaz, P. Raimbault & P. Conan (2002) Small-scale variability in the coupling/uncoupling of bacteria, phytoplankton and organic carbon fluxes along the continental margin of the Gulf of Lions, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 33-34, 411-429.

Radakovitch O., Sanchez-Cabeza J.A., Abassi A., Masqué P. Heussner S. (2002) Meso and small-scale variations of 210Pb fluxes on the Northwestern Mediterranean continental margins. Continental Shelf Research, in press

Resuspension / Aggregation

Aloïsi, J-C, Millot C, Monaco A, Pauc H, 1979. Dynamique des suspensions et mecanismes sedimentogenetiques sur le plateau continental du Golfe du Lion. Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des sciences, Paris 289: 879-882.

Barusseau J.P. & Radakovitch O. (1996) Geological record of littoral sedimentary processes at short time-scales. Journal of Coastal Research., 12. 474-488.

Barusseau J.P., Akouango E., Ba M., Descamps C. & Golf A. (1996) Evidences for short term retreat of the barrier shoreline. Quaternary Science Review, 15, 763-771.

Jago, C.F., Barusseau, J.P., 1981. Sediment entrainment on a wave-graded shelf, Roussillon, France. Marine Geology 42: 279-299.

Redondo J.M., X. Durrieu de Madron, P. Medina, M.A. Sanchez & E. Schaaff (2001). Comparison of sediment resuspension measurements in sheared and zero-mean turbulent flows. Continental Shelf Research, 21, 2095 –2103.

Thill A, Moustier S, Aziz J, Wiesner MR, Bottero JY. (2001) Flocs restructuring during aggregation: Experimental evidence and numerical simulation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 243, 171-182.

Thill A., Moustier S., Garnier J.M., Estournel C., Naudin J.J., Bottero J.Y., 2001 Evolution of particle size and concentration in the Rhone river mixingzone:influence of salt flocculation, Continental Shelf Research, 21, 2127 –2140

Recent sediment deposits and particulate matter budgets

Buscail R. & Germain C. (1997) Present - day organic matter sedimentation on the Northwestern Mediterranean margin : importance of off-shelf export. Limnology and Oceanography, 42, 217-229.

Buscail R., Ambastian P., Monaco A. & Bernat M (1997) 210Pb, Mn and Carbon : indicators of focussing processes on the continental Northwestern Mediterranean continental margin . Marine Geology, 137, 271-286.

Buscail R., Pocklington R & Germain C.(1995) Seasonal variability of the organic matter in a sedimentary coastal environment : sources, degradation and accumulation (continental shelf of the Gulf of Lions-Northwestern Mediterranean Sea). Continental Shelf Research, 15, 843-869.

Calmet D, Fernandez J-M, 1990. Caesium distribution in northwest Mediterranean seawater, suspended particles and sediments. Continental Shelf Research 10: 895-913.

Chassefière B. (1990) Mass-physical properties of surficial sediments on the Rhône continental margin: implications for the benthic nepheloid later. Continental Shelf Research, 10 (9-10), 857-868.

Durrieu de Madron X., A. Abassi, S. Heussner, A. Monaco, J.C. Aloisi, O. Radakovitch, P. Giresse, R. Buscail and P. Kerhervé (2000). Particulate matter and organic carbon budgets for the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Oceanologica Acta, 23 (6), 717-730.

Durrieu de Madron X., Denis L., Diaz F., Garcia N., Guieu C., Grenz C., Loÿe-Pilot M.D., Ludwig W., Moutin T., Raimbault P. and Ridame C. (2003) Nutrients and carbon budgets for the Gulf of Lion during thr MOOGLI cruises. Oceanologica Acta, in press.

Giresse P., Buscail R, Charrière B, Abassi A, Masqué P & Ja Sanchez Cabessa (2001) Biotracers and geotracers of depositional events in NW Mediterranean margin over the past centuries Oceanologica Acta, 24 (6) :1-18.

Got, H, Aloïsi, J-C, 1990. The Holocene sedimentation on the Gulf of Lions margin: a quantitative approach. Continental Shelf Research 10 (9-11): 841-855.

Lapouyade A. and X. Durrieu de Madron (2001). Seasonal variability of the advective transport of suspended particulate matter and organic carbon in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Oceanologica Acta, 24, 295-312.

Zuo Z., Eisma D., Gieles R. and Beks J. (1997) Accumulation rates and sediment deposition in the northwestern Mediterranean. Deep Sea-Research.II, 44, 597-610.

Giresse P.A, Buscail R., Charrière B. , Abassi A., Masqué P. and Sanchez-Cabeza J.A. (2001) Biotracers and geotracers of depositional events in NW Mediterranean marginover the past two centuries. Oceanologica Acta, 24 (6), 581–597

Stratigraphy

Berné S, Lericolais G., Marsset T., Bourillet J.F., & de Batist M. (1998) Erosional shelf sand ridges and lowstand shorefaces: examples from tide and wave dominated environments of France: Journal of Sedimentary Research, 68, 4, 540-555.

Berné S., Loubrieu B. and the CALMAR shipboard party (1999) Canyons and recent sedimentary processes on the Western Gulf of Lions margin. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences. Paris, 328, 471-477.

Berné, S., Canals, M., Alonso, B., Loubrieu, B. and Cochonat, P., and the "Big 95" and "Calmar 97" shipboard parties, 1999a. Recent slope failures and mass-movements in the NW Mediterranean Sea. In: M.P. European Commission, DG XII/D-3 (Editor), Proceedings of the seafloor characterisation/mapping session, Mast days, Lisbon, pp. 111-126

Berné, S., Carré, D., Loubrieu, B., Mazé, J.P. and Normand, A., 2002. Carte morpho-bathymétrique du Golfe du Lion. IFREMER, Brest (4 bathymetric maps at the 1/100000 scale).

Berné, S., Lericolais, G., Bourillet, J.F., M'Hammdi, N., Reynaud, J.Y. and Trentesaux, A., 1994a. The interplay of hydrodynamics, sediment supply and relative sea-level changes in formation and preservation of "offshore sand ridges". In: H.W. Posamentier and E. Mutti (Editors), Second High-resolution sequence stratigraphy conference, Tremp, Spain, pp. 1-5.

Chiocci, FL, Ercilla, G, Torres, J, 1997. Stratal architecture of Western Mediterranean Margins as the result of the stacking of Quaternary lowstand deposits below glacio-eustatic fluctuation base-level. Sedimentary Geology 112 (3-4): 195-217.

Droz L., Kergoat, R., Cochonat P. & Berné, S. (2001) Recent sedimentary events in the western Gulf of Lions (Western Mediterranean). Marine Geology, 176: 23-37.

Gensous B. & M. Tesson (1996) Sequence stratigraphy, seismic profiles and cores of Pleistocene deposits of the Rhône continental shelf. Sedimentary Geology, 105, 183-190.

Gensous B. & Tesson M. (1997) Les dépôts postglaciaires de la plateforme rhodanienne: organisation stratigraphique et conditions de mise en place. Comptes Rendus Académie Sciences, 325, 695-701.

Labaune C., Jouet G., Berne S., Gensous B., Tesson M.& Delpeint A. (2005) Seismic stratigraphy of the Deglacial deposits of the Rhone prodelta and of the adjacent shelf. Marine Geology, 222-223, 299-311.

Marsset T. and Bellec V., (2002) Late Pleistocene-Holocene deposits of the Rhône inner continental shelf (France): detailed mapping and correlation with previous continental and marine studies. Sedimentology, 49: 255-276.

Rabineau M., S. Berné, E. Ledrezen, G. Lericolais, T. Marsset & M. Rotunno (1998) 3D architecture of lowstand and transgressive Quaternary sand bodies on the outer shelf of the Gulf of Lion, France, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 15, 439-452.

Rothwell, R.G., Thomson, J. & Kahler, G. (1998) Low sea level emplacement of a very large Late Pleistocene megaturbidite in the western Mediterranean Sea, Nature, 392, 377-380.

Tesson M. & Gensous B. (1998) L'enregistrement des cycles climatiques eustatiques quaternaires de marges récentes du bassin nord-méditerranéen. Comptes Rendus Académie Sciences, 326, 121-127.

Tesson M., H.W. Posamentier & B. Gensous (2000) Stratigraphic organization of late quaternary deposits of the Western part of the Golfe du Lion shelf (Languedoc Shelf), Western Mediterranean Sea, using High Resolution Seismic and core data. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 84 (1), 119-150.

Tesson M., Labaune C. & Gensous B. (2005) Small rivers contribution to the Quaternary evolution of a Mediterranean littoral system: The western gulf of Lion, France. Marine Geology, 222-223, 313-334.