Mass Transport Deposits Periodicity Related to Glacial Cycles and Marine-Lacustrine Transitions on a Ponded Basin of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) Over the Last 500 ka

Céline Grall (1, 2) , Pierre Henry (1) , Graham K. Westbrook (2) , M Namik Çağatay (3) , Yannick Thomas (2) , Bruno Marsset (2) , Daniel Borschneck (1) , Hakan Saritaş (4) , Günay Çifçi (4) , Louis Géli (2)

1 CEREGE - Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement
2 GM - Unité Géosciences Marines
3 ITÜ - Istanbul Technical University
4 DEÜ - Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi = Dokuz Eylül University [Izmir]

The Sea of Marmara (SoM) is affected by large earthquakes occurring on the North Anatolian Fault. Numerous submarine mass movements have occurred and the most recent turbidites in the basins of the SoM have been related to historical earthquakes. Within the SoM, the occurrence of submarine mass movements and their size appears modulated by eustatic changes that can be accompanied by transitions between a salty marine environment and a brackish lake environment. Detailed analysis, using a 3D high-resolution seismic dataset, of stratigraphy over the last 500 ka, within a ponded basin of the Western High, shows that intervals of draped sedimentary reflectors alternate with onlap sequences that followed episodes of rapid sea-level rise, with a periodicity of approximately 100,000 years (corresponding to glacial cycles). Mass Transport Deposits (MTDs) occur within the onlapping sequences. Detail analysis of the youngest large slide, which probably followed the lacustrine transition to during Marine Isotopic Stage 4 is presented; and the possible triggering processes are discussed. The potential triggers of MTDs

Mots clés: High Resolution 3D seismic data; Mass Transport Deposits; Lacustrine/marine transitions; Sea of Marmara

Domaines: Sciences de la Terre

Céline Grall, Pierre Henry, Graham K. Westbrook, M Namik Çağatay, Yannick Thomas, et al.. Mass Transport Deposits Periodicity Related to Glacial Cycles and Marine-Lacustrine Transitions on a Ponded Basin of the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) Over the Last 500 ka. Sebastian Krastel; Jan-Hinrich Behrmann; David Völker; Michael Stipp; Christian Berndt; Roger Urgeles; Jason Chaytor; Katrin Huhn; Michael Strasser; Carl Bonnevie Harbitz. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. 6th International Symposium, 37, Springer International Publishing, pp.595-603, 2014, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 978-3-319-00971-1. ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8_53⟩. ⟨hal-03455606⟩