Anomalous bottom features on the upper slope off Southern Brazil

• Grant number: 16/22194-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Geological Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques
• Grantee: Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques
• Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Luiz Antonio Pereira de Souza
• Associated research grant(s): 17/50191-8 - Dymamics of salt dome exhumation on the ocean floor, focusing on Santos basin offshore Brazil, AP.R SPRINT

Abstract

In a recently finalized project it was recognized a giant field of pockmarks in the upper slope of southern Brazil. New bathymetric records show that this field may extend further south, towards Pelotas Basin, which it passes to another pattern of sedimentation. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH; VIOLANTE, ROBERTO; FRANCO-FRAGUAS, PAULA; BURONE, LETICIA; ROCHA, CESAR BARBEDO; ORTEGA, LEONARDO; DOS SANTOS, ROSANGELA FELICIO; KIM, BIANCA SUNG MI; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR; BICEGO, MARCIA CARUSO. Control of oceanic circulation on sediment distribution in the southwestern Atlantic margin (23 to 55 degrees S). Ocean Science, v. 17, n. 5, p. 1213-1229, SEP 15 2021. (16/22194-0, 14/08266-2, 15/17763-2, 19/00256-1)

MALY, MASCIMILIANO; SCHATTNER, URI; JOSE LOBO, FRANCISCO; SOARES DIAS, RODOLFO JASAO; RAMOS, RAISSA BASTI; COUTO, DANIEL DE MATOS; GOMES SUMIDA, PAULO YUKIO; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH. The Alpha Crucis Carbonate Ridge (ACCR): Discovery of a giant ring-shaped carbonate complex on the SW Atlantic margin. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, DEC 10 2019. (15/17763-2, 16/22194-0, 17/50191-8, 14/08266-2)

DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR; DE MELLO SOUSA, SILVIA HELENA; DOS SANTOS, ROSANGELA FELICIO; DE LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; MI KIM, BIANCA SUNG; CAZZOLI Y GOYA, SAMARA; SILVA NOGUEIRA DE MATOS, MARIA CAROLINA; BICEGO, MARCIA CARUSO. Sedimentation on the southern Brazilian shelf mud depocenters: Insights on potential source areas. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 100, JUN 2020. (15/17763-2, 16/22194-0)

DOS SANTOS, ROSANGELA FELICIO; NAGAOKA, DORIS; RAMOS, RAISSA BASTI; SALAROLI, ALEXANDRE BARBOSA; TANIGUCHI, SATIE; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR; BICEGO, MARCIA CARUSO; LOBO, FRANCISCO JOSE; SCHATTNER, URI; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH. Metal/Ca ratios in pockmarks and adjacent sediments on the SW Atlantic slope: Implications for redox potential and modern seepage. JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, v. 192, p. 163-173, SEP 2018. (16/22194-0, 16/24379-7, 17/50191-8, 14/08266-2, 10/06147-5)