{"id":23,"date":"2013-09-28T19:55:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/agadircanyon\/?p=23"},"modified":"2013-09-29T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T13:09:21","slug":"morphology-processes-and-geohazards-of-giant-landslides-in-and-around-agadir-canyon-northwest-africa-first-impressions-from-rv-merian-cruise-msm32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/agadircanyon\/2013\/09\/28\/morphology-processes-and-geohazards-of-giant-landslides-in-and-around-agadir-canyon-northwest-africa-first-impressions-from-rv-merian-cruise-msm32\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphology, processes and geohazards of giant landslides in and around Agadir Canyon, northwest Africa: First impressions from RV Merian Cruise MSM32"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morphology, processes and geohazards of giant landslides in and around Agadir Canyon, northwest Africa: First impressions from RV Merian Cruise MSM32:<\/p>\n

(deutsche Version unten auf Seite)<\/p>\n

Scientists from Kiel University, GEOMAR, the Cluster of Excellence \u2018The Future Ocean\u2019, and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) are sailing on RV Merian (Cruise MSM32) in order to investigate geohazards in and around Agadir Canyon off Morrocco. Agadir Canyon is one of the largest submarine canyons in the World supplying giant submarine sediment gravity flows to Agadir Basin and the wider Moroccan Turbidite System. While the Moroccan Turbidite System is extremely well investigated, almost no data from the source region, i.e. the Agadir Canyon, are available. Understanding why some submarine landslides remain as coherent blocks of sediment throughout their passage downslope, while others mix and disintegrate almost immediately after initial failure, is a major scientific challenge, which can be addressed in the Agadir Canyon source region.<\/p>\n

The cruise started on September 25th in Bremen. A stop in Southampton on September 27th allowed to pick up additional equipment and colleagues from NOCS. When leaving Southampton at 16:00h we passed the brand new British Research Vessel RV Discovery. Today (September 28th) we reached the Bay of Biscay, which is well known for its rough seas. Luckily weather conditions are calm, hence allowing us to set up our equipment. In the following weeks we will report from the cruise, introduce the applied methods, and present first results.<\/p>\n

Best regards Sebastian Krastel
\nChief-scientist MSM32<\/p>\n

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\"Merian<\/a>

Merian leaving the NOCS pier, Southampton<\/p><\/div>\n

Morphologie, Dynamik und Geogefahren von submarinen Rutschungen im Bereich des Agadir Canyons, NW Afrika. Erste Eindr\u00fccke der Fahrt MSM32:<\/p>\n

Wissenschaftler der Universit\u00e4t Kiel, des GEOMARs, des Exzellenzclusters \u201eOzean der Zukunft\u201c und des National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) formen die wissenschaftliche Besatzung der Merian MSM32. Unser Ziel ist es, das Risikopotential von Rutschungen im Bereich des Agadir Canyons (Marokko) einzusch\u00e4tzen und das mechanische Verhalten der Rutschungen besser zu verstehen. Der Agadir Canyon ist einer der gr\u00f6\u00dften Canyons der Welt, durch den gro\u00dfe submarine sediment\u00e4re Gravitationsstr\u00f6me in das Agadir Becken und das marokkanische Turbiditsystem transportiert werden. W\u00e4hrend das Agadir Becken und das dazugeh\u00f6rige Turbiditsystem sehr gut untersucht sind, existieren fast keine Daten aus dem Agadir Canyon, der das Herkunftsgebiet der gro\u00dfen Turbiditstr\u00f6me darstellt. Die Beantwortung der Frage, warum bei einigen submarinen Hangrutschungen koh\u00e4rente Bl\u00f6cke auf ihrer hangabw\u00e4rts gerichteten Passage bestehen bleiben, w\u00e4hrend andere Rutschungen sich komplett mischen, ist eine gro\u00dfe wissenschaftliche Herausforderung.<\/p>\n

Die Fahrt begann am 25. September in Bremen. Die britischen Kollegen kamen w\u00e4hrend eines Zwischenstopps in Southampton am 27. September an Bord, der au\u00dferdem genutzt wurde, weitere Ausr\u00fcstung an Bord zu nehmen. W\u00e4hrend der Abfahrt aus Southampton passierte die Merian das neuste britische Forschungsschiff, die RV Discovery. Heute (28. September) haben wir die Biskaya erreicht, die f\u00fcr schlechtes Wetter und raue See ber\u00fcchtigt ist. Gl\u00fccklicherweise sind die Wetterbedingungen derzeit gut, so dass wir unsere Messinstrumente installieren k\u00f6nnen. In den folgenden Wochen werden wir weitere Eindr\u00fccke unserer Fahrt schildern, die eingesetzten Methoden vorstellen und unsere ersten Ergebnisse vorstellen.<\/p>\n

Beste Gr\u00fc\u00dfe von der MERIAN;<\/p>\n

Sebastian Krastel, Fahrtleiter MSM32.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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