Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-13T17:08:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PeryclysROA_Cap1.pdf: 1534050 bytes, checksum: 88145cdf2e8bbe54b546fb696fea947a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-06-17 / Due to its high resolution, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) has been used to image subsurface sedimentary deposits. Because GPR and Seismic methods share some principles of image construction, the classic seismostratigraphic interpretation method has been also applied as an attempt to interpret GPR data. Nonetheless some advances in few particular contexts, the adaptations from seismic to GPR of seismostratigraphic tools and concepts unsuitable because the meaning given to the termination criteria in seismic stratigraphy do not represent the adequate geologic record in the GPR scale. Essentially, the open question relies in proposing a interpretation method for GPR data which allow not only relating product and sedimentary process in the GPR scale but also identifying or proposing depositional environments and correlating these results with the well known Sequence Stratigraphy cornerstones. The goal of this dissertation is to propose an interpretation methodology of GPR data able to perform this task at least for siliciclastic deposits. In order to do so, the proposed GPR interpretation method is based both on seismostratigraphic concepts and on the bounding surface hierarchy tool from Miall (1988). As consequence of this joint use, the results of GPR interpretation can be associated to the sedimentary facies in a genetic context, so that it is possible to: (i) individualize radar facies and correlate them to the sedimentary facies by using depositional models; (ii) characterize a given depositional system, and (iii) determine its stratigraphic framework highligthing how it evolved through geologic time. To illustrate its use the proposed methodology was applied in a GPR data set from Galos area which is part of the Galinhos spit, located in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeastern Brazil. This spit presents high lateral sedimentary facies variation, containing in its sedimentary record from 4th to 6th cicles caused by high frequency sea level oscillation. The interpretation process was done throughout the following phases: (i) identification of a vertical facies succession, (ii) characterization of radar facies and its associated sedimentary products, (iii) recognition of the associated sedimentary process in a genetic context, and finally (iv) proposal of an evolutionay model for the Galinhos spit. This model proposes that the Galinhos spit is a barrier island constituted, from base to top, of the following sedimentary facies: tidal channel facies, tidal flat facies, shore facies, and aeolic facies (dunes). The tidal channel facies, in the base, is constituted of lateral accretion bars and filling deposits of the channels. The base facies is laterally truncated by the tidal flat facies. In the foreshore zone, the tidal flat facies is covered by the shore facies which is the register of a sea transgression. Finally, on the top of the stratigraphic column, aeolic dunes are deposited due to areal exposition caused by a sea regression / O Radar Penetrante no Solo (Ground Penetrating Radar GPR) tem sido utilizado para mapear em detalhe dep?sitos sedimentares, devido ? sua alta resolu??o. Pelo fato de que os m?todos GPR e S?smico t?m princ?pios de forma??o de imagens muito semelhantes, o modelo cl?ssico de interpreta??o s?smica, baseado na sismoestratigrafia, tem sido tentativamente utilizado para interpretar dados de GPR. N?o obstante os grandes avan?os j? realizados em contextos particulares, as adapta??es propostas das ferramentas e conceitos da sismoestratigrafia, para o GPR, ainda s?o inadequadas; isto acontece basicamente porque as interpreta??es atribu?das aos padr?es de termina??o, extra?dos da sismoestratigrafia convencional, n?o representam o registro geol?gico na escala de opera??o do GPR. O problema conceitual reside, pois, em propor um m?todo de interpreta??o que permita n?o s? relacionar produto e processo sedimentar, na escala do GPR, mas tamb?m identificar ou propor ambientes deposicionais e correlacionar estes resultados com os blocos construtores da Estratigrafia de Seq??ncias. O objetivo desse trabalho ? propor uma metodologia de interpreta??o de dados de GPR capaz de realizar esta tarefa, pelo menos no contexto de dep?sitos silicicl?sticos. Para este fim, prop?e-se uma interpreta??o de dados de GPR, baseada na adapta??o de termos e conceitos herdados da sismoestratigrafia, em conjunto com uma metodologia de hierarquiza??o de superf?cies limitantes (bounding surfaces), a exemplo da metodologia proposta por Miall (1988). Como conseq??ncia direta desta combina??o, a interpreta??o dos dados de GPR pode ser associada ?s f?cies sedimentares, dentro de um contexto gen?tico, possibilitando assim: (i) individualizar as radarf?cies e correlacion?-las ?s f?cies sedimentares, com base em modelos de f?cies sedimentares; (ii) caracterizar um determinado sistema deposicional e, principalmente, (iii) determinar seu arcabou?o estratigr?fico, mostrando como ele evoluiu no tempo geol?gico. Para exemplificar a utiliza??o desta metodologia de interpreta??o foram utilizados os dados de GPR adquiridos na ?rea de Galos, que faz parte do spit de Galinhos, localizado no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Este spit apresenta grande variedade lateral de f?cies sedimentares e cont?m registros sedimentares que s?o sens?veis ?s varia??es de freq??ncia mais alta do n?vel relativo do mar (ciclos de 4? a 6? ordens). O processo de interpreta??o constou das seguintes fases: (i) estabelecimento de uma sucess?o vertical de f?cies, (ii) caracteriza??o dos produtos sedimentares (radarf?cies), (ii) atribui??o de processos sedimentares dentro de um cunho gen?tico, e finalmente (iv) estabelecimento de um modelo evolutivo para o spit de Galinhos. O modelo prop?e que este spit constitui um sistema do tipo Ilhas Barreiras que ? materializado, da base para o topo, por f?cies de estreito de mar? (tidal inlet), f?cies de plan?cie de mar?, f?cies de praia e f?cies e?lica (dunas). A f?cies de estreito de mar?, na base, ? representada por barras de acres??o lateral que preencheram os estreitos de mar?. Estes dep?sitos s?o truncados lateralmente pela f?cies de plan?cie de mar?. Na zona de intermar? antiga, a f?cies de intermar? encontra-se sobreposta pela f?cies de praia, marcando assim um avan?o relativo da linha de costa. Por fim, no topo da coluna estratigr?fica, est?o depositadas dunas e?licas, denotando o recuo da linha de costa e conseq?ente exposi??o a?rea

Au cours du Précambrien et du Paléozoïque, la zone Zagros faisait partie de la plate-forme Arabe. La succession Paléozoïque du Zagros s’étend du Cambrien au Permien. La zone d'étude se situe entre le Lurestan et le Fars au sud et le Golfe Persique. Au Paléozoïque, dans le secteur du Zagros, la série stratigraphique comprend quatre séquences de second ordre (ou cycles tectonostratigraphiques) séparées par d’importantes discordances. L’eustatisme est le principal facteur déterminant les changements d’espace d’accommodation, même si localement dans l'Ouest du Haut Zagros, le rôle de la tectonique régionale et des mouvements diapririques est important. Le premier cycle (Ordovicien) est composé des Fomrations Seyahou (Floien-Katien) et Dargaz (Hirnantien). Il enregistre une évolution depuis des milieux profonds à peu profonds de plate-forme siliciclastique. La Formation Seyahou est découpée en sept séquences de troisième ordre et la Formation Dargaz correspondant à des dépôts glaciogènes comprends deux séquences de troisième ordre. Le deuxième cycle (Silurien inférieur) correspond à la Formation Sarchahan. Il est caractérisé des environnements marins peu profonds à profonds comprenant des marnes riches en matière organique. Il est composé par deux séquences de dépôt de troisième ordre. Localement à Kuh e Gahkum, la base de cette Formation enregistre des dépôts peu profonds de transition continental-marin dont la présence est attribuée à la mise en place d’un diapir dans le secteur. Le troisième cycle (Dévonien) correspond à la Formation Zakeen. Les dépôts évoluent depuis des environnements continentaux à marins. La fin du Dévonien est marqué par des environnements marins carbonatés dans le sud de la région du Fars et dans le Golfe Persique. Il est divisé en trois séquence de troisième ordre. L’absence de la Formation Zakeen à Kuh e Surmeh et Kuh e Siah, et sa présence dans les régions voisines (Naura, West Agar, etc ...), suggèrent une activité diapirique, expliquant l’érosion locale des séries sédimentaires. Le dernier cycle de la succession pré-khuff dans la zone d'étude correspond à la Formation Faraghan du Permien inférieur. Il surmonte une discontinuité attribué au jeu de l'orogenèse Hercynienne et est déposé dans toute la région du Zagros et dans le Golfe Persique. La Formation Faraghan correspond à des environnements de plaine côtière à marins et est divisé en trois séquences de troisième ordre.La succession du Paléozoïque est marquée par plusieurs discordances majeures. Elles résultent de: (i) variations majeures du niveau marin en lien avec des variations glacioeustatiques comme pour le cas de la glaciation Hirnantien à la fin de l’Ordovicien et celle du Carbonifère; (ii) Un soulèvement du Moyen-Orient à la fin du Silurien associé aux mouvements épeirogéniques et à une baisse importante du niveau de la mer; et (iii) l'orogenèse Hercynienne allant de la fin du Dévonien à Carbonifère. Localement, les discordances peuvent aussi s’expliquer par le jeu de remontée diapirique induisant une érosion locale, comme c’est le cas dans les secteurs de Kuh e Surmeh et de Kuh e Gakhum pour des periodes de temps différentes. / During the Precambrian and trough the Palaeozoic, the Zagros area was part of the Arabian platform (Beydon, 1993). The Palaeozoic succession of the Zagros extends from Cambrian to well-developed Permian deposits. The study area ranges from the Lurestan to Southern Fars onshore and to the Persian Gulf offshore wells. From Ordovician to Early Permian Palaeozoic succession of the Zagros area comprises four second-order tectonostratigraphic depositional cycles separated by major unconformities. Eustatic sea-level variation is the main controlling factor for accommodation space changes, whereas in West High Zagros and Kuh e Gahkum, the role of regional and salt tectonic activities may be also important. The first cycle (Ordovician) is composed of the Seyahou (Floian-Katian) and Dargaz (Hirnantian) Formations. They are characterized by deep- to shallow-water (offshore to shoreface) siliciclastic deposits. The Seyahou Formation contains seven 3rd-order depositional sequences. The glaciogenic Dargaz Formation consists of one 3rd- order sequence. The second cycle (Early Silurian) corresponds to the Sarchahan Formation is composed of two 3rd-order depositional sequences. They are characterized by deep-marine offshore to upper offshore environments. Locally in Kuh e Gahkum the base of the Formation presented continental fan delta deposits due to the salt tectonic activity.The third cycle (Devonian) corresponds to the Zakeen Formation and divided in three 3rd-order depositional sequences. It started with the deposition of continental to near-shore marine clastic deposits. In Late Devonian, it evolved to carbonate marine deposits in the south of Fars area and the Persian Gulf. The lack of Zakeen Formation in Kuh e Surmeh and Kuh e Siah, and is presence in neighboring areas (Naura, Aghar, etc…), suggests structural salt plug activities (Jahani, 2008). This megasequence is capped by a major unconformity related to the Hercynian orogeny.The last deepening-upward cycle of the Pre-khuff succession in the study area is the Early Permian Faraghan Formation. It capped the Hercynian orogeny and deposited throughout the Zagros area from Lurestan (west) to Bandar Abbas (East) areas as well as in Persian Gulf. The Faraghan Formation divided into three 3rd-order depositional sequences and deposited in coastal plain to shallow-marin near-shore environment. Basinward, in the deeper part (e.g. Kuh e Faraghan), they are replaced by marine upper offshore deposits. The Palaeozoic succession is marked by several major unconformities associated with hiatus. They resulted from: (i) major sea level drops at the end of the Ordovician related to the Hirnantian glaciation (Ghavidel Syooki et al., 2011) and of during the Carboniferous related to the southern Hemisphere glaciation (Golonka, 2000); (ii) An uplift of the Middle East area at the end of the Silurian associated with epeirogenic movements (Ala et al., 1980; Berberian and King, 1981; Al-Sharhan and Nairn, 1997) and a major sea level drop at the end of Silurian (Al-Husseini, 1991,1992; Sharland et al., 2001; Konert et al., 2001; Haq and Al-Qahtani, 2005); and (iii) impact of the Hercynian orogeny spanning from the Late Devonian up to the Carboniferous (Al-Hosseini, 1992; Sharland et al., 2001; Konert et al., 2001, Faqira et al., 2009).

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-13T17:08:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FabioEMR_Capa_ate_Cap3.pdf: 2956379 bytes, checksum: e1a356dd8141f0ac9ce3d477be9710dc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-27 / This study has as a main objective to make a detailed stratigraphic analysis of the Aptian-Albian interval in the east part of Araripe Basin, NE of Brazil which correspond, litostratigraphically, to Rio Da Batateira, Crato, Ipubi and Romualdo formations. The stratigraphic analysis was based on three different stages, the 1D, 2D and 3D analysis; these ones were adapted to the sequence stratigraphy concepts in order to create a chronostratigraphic framework for the study area within the basin. The database used in the present study contains field and well information, wells that belong to Santana Project, carried out by the Minist?rio de Minas e Energia- DNPM- CPRM from 1977 to 1978. The analysis 1D, which was done separately for each well and outcrop allowed the recognition of 13 sedimentary facies, mainly divided based on predominant litologies and sedimentary structures. Such facies are lithologically represented by pebble, sandstones, claystones, margas and evaporates; these facies are associated in order to characterize different depositional systems, that integrate from the continental environment (fluvial system and lacustre), paralic system (delta system and lagunar) to the marine environment (shelfenvironment). The first one, the fluvial system was divided into two subtypes: meandering fluvial system, characterized by fill channel and floodplain deposits; the facies of this system are associated vertically according to the textural thinning upward cycles (dirting-up trend pattern in well logs). Lacustrine environment is mainly related with the lithotypes of the Crato Formation, it shows a good distribution within the basin, been composed by green claystone deposits and calcareous laminated. Deltaic System represented by prodelta and delta front deposits which coarsening upward tendency. Lagunar system is characterised by the presence of anhydrite and gypsum deposits besides the black claystone deposits with vegetal fragments which do not contain a fauna typically marine. The marine platform system is composed by successions of black and gray claystone with fossiliferous fauna of Dinoflagellates (Spiniferites Mantell, Subtilisphaera Jain e Subtilisphaera Millipied genre) typical of this kind of depositional system. The sedimentary facies described are vertically arranged in cycles with progradational patterns which form textural coersening upward cycles and retrogradational, represented by textural thinning dowward cycles. Based in these cycles, in their stack pattern and the vertical change between these patterns, the systems tracks and the depositional sequences were recognized. The Low System Track (LST) and High System Track (HST) are composed by cycles with progradational stack pattern, whereas the Trangessive System Track (TST) is composed by retrogradational stack pattern cycles. The 2D stratigraphic analysis was done through the carrying out of two stratigraphic sections. For the selection of the datum the deepest maximum flooding surface was chosen, inside the Sequence 1, the execution of these sections allowed to understand the behaviour of six depositional systems along the study area, which were interpreted as cycles of second order or supercycles (cycles between 3 and 10 Ma), according to the Vail, et al (1977) classification. The Sequence 1, the oldest of the six identified is composed by the low, transgressive and high systems tracks. The first two system tracks are formed exclusively by fluvial deposits of the Rio da Batateira Formation whereas the third one includes deltaic and lacustrine deposits of the Crato Formation. The sequences 2 and 3 are formed by the transgressive systems tracks (lake spreading phase) and the highstand system track (lake backward phase). The TST of these sequences are formed by lacustrine deposits whereas HST contains deltaic deposits, indicating high rates of sedimentary supply at the time of it s deposition. The sequence 4 is composed by LST, TST and HST, The TST4 shows a significant fall of the lake base level, this track was developed in conditions of low relation between the creation rate of space of accommodation and the sedimentary influx. The TST4 marks the third phase of expansion of the lacustrine system in the section after the basin?s rift, the lacustrine system established in the previous track starts a backward phase in conditions that the sedimentary supply rate exceeds the creation rate of space accommodation. The sequence 5 was developed in two different phases, the first one is related with the latest expansion stage of the lake, (TST5), the basal track of this sequence. In this phase the base level of the lake rose considerably. The second phase (related to the TST5) indicates the end of the lacustrine domain in the Araripe Basin and the change to lagunar system ant tidal flat, with great portions in the supratidal. These systems were formed by restricted lagoons, with shallow level of water and with intermittent connections with the sea. This, was the phase when the Araripe Basin recorded the most several arid conditions of the whole interval studied, Aptian Albian, conditions that allow the formation of evaporitic deposits. The sequence 6 began its deposition after a significant fall of the sea (LST6). The sequence 6 is without any doubtlessly, the sequence that has deposits that prove the effective entrance of the sea into the Araripe Basin. The TST6, end of this sequence, represents the moment which the sea reaches its maximum level during the Aptian Albian time. The stratigraphic analysis of the Aptian Albian interval made possible the understanding that the main control in the development of the depositional sequences recognized in the Araripe Basin were the variations of the local base level, which are controlled itself by the climate changes / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal realizar uma an?lise estratigr?fica detalhada do intervalo Aptiano ao Albiano na parte leste da Bacia do Araripe, NE do Brasil, o qual corresponde, litoestratigraficamente, ?s forma??es Rio da Batateira, Crato, Ipub? e Romualdo. A an?lise estratigr?fica envolveu tr?s etapas distintas, a an?lise 1D, 2D e 3D, nas quais foram adaptados os conceitos da estratigrafia de seq??ncias visando elaborar um arcabou?o de car?ter cronoestratigr?fico para a por??o estudada da bacia. Tal estudo contou com uma base de dados integrada por informa??o de campo e de po?os pertencentes ao projeto Santana, realizado pelo Minist?rio de Minas e Energia- DNPM- CPRM nos anos de 1977 e 1978. A an?lise 1D, por meio da an?lise individual de cada afloramento e po?o, permitiu o reconhecimento de 13 f?cies sedimentares, individualizadas com base principalmente nas litologias predominantes e nas estruturas sedimentares. Tais f?cies s?o representadas litologicamente por conglomerados, arenitos, pelitos, calc?rios, margas e evaporitos. As mesmas se associam de forma a caracterizar diferentes sistemas deposicionais, que integram desde o ambiente continental (sistemas fluvial e lacustre), ambiente par?lico (sistemas deltaico e lagunar) at? o ambiente marinho (sistema plataformal). O primeiro deles, o sistema fluvial, foi dividido em dois sub-tipos: o sistema fluvial meandrante, caracterizado por dep?sitos de preenchimento de canal e dep?sitos de plan?cie de inunda??o, e o sistema fluvial entrela?ado formado principalmente por dep?sitos de preenchimento de canal; as f?cies deste sistema se associam verticalmente segundo ciclos de afinamento textural para o topo (padr?o em sino nos perfis geof?sicos). O sistema lacustre, relacionado principalmente aos lit?tipos da Forma??o Crato, apresenta uma boa distribui??o na bacia, sendo composto por dep?sitos de pelitos verdes e calc?rios laminados. O sistema deltaico, representado por dep?sitos de prodelta e de frente deltaica, os quais se disp?em verticalmente em ciclos com granocresc?ncia para o topo (padr?o em sino invertido nos perfis geof?sicos). O sistema lagunar caracteriza-se pela presen?a de dep?sitos de anidrita e gipsita, al?m dos dep?sitos de pelitos negros com restos vegetais, os quais n?o cont?m uma fauna tipicamente marinha. O sistema de plataforma marinha ? composto por sucess?es de pelitos pretos e cinza com faunas fossiliferas de Dinoflagelados (g?neros Spiniferites Mantell, Subtilisphaera Jain e Subtilisphaera Millipied), t?picas de este tipo de sistema deposicional. As f?cies sedimentares descritas se arranjam verticalmente de forma a compor ciclos com padr?es de empilhamento progradacional, os quais formam ciclos com engrossamento textural para o topo, e retrogradacional, representados por ciclos com afinamento textural para o topo. Com base nestes ciclos, em seus padr?es de empilhamento e na mudan?a verticais entre estes padr?es, foram reconhecidos os tratos de sistemas e as seq??ncias deposicionais. Os tratos de sistemas de N?vel Baixo e o de N?vel Alto s?o compostos por ciclos com padr?o de empilhamento progradacional; o Trato de Sistemas Transgressivo, por sua vez, ? formado por ciclos com padr?o de empilhamento retrogradacional. A an?lise estratigr?fica 2D foi elaborada por meio da realiza??o de duas se??es estratigr?ficas. Para a escolha do datum foi privilegiada a superf?cie de m?xima inunda??o mais basal, interna ? Seq??ncia 1. A elabora??o destas se??es possibilitou compreender o comportamento de seis seq??ncias deposicionais ao longo da ?rea de estudo, as quais foram interpretadas como ciclos de segunda ordem ou superciclos (ciclos com dura??es entre 3 e 10 Ma), segundo a classifica??o de Vail, et al (1977). A Seq??ncia 1, mais antiga das seis seq??ncias identificadas, ? composta pelos tratos de sistemas de N?vel Baixo, Transgressivo e de N?vel Alto. Os dois primeiros tratos s?o formados exclusivamente pelos dep?sitos fluviais da Forma??o Rio da Batateira, ao passo que o terceiro inclui dep?sitos deltaicos e lacustres da Forma??o Crato. As seq??ncias 2 e 3 s?o formadas pelos tratos de sistemas Transgressivo (TST; fase de expans?o do lago) e de N?vel Alto (TSNA; fase retra??o do lago). Os TST s destas seq??ncias s?o formados por dep?sitos lacustres, ao passo que os TSNA s cont?m dep?sitos deltaicos, indicando assim condi??es de alta taxa de suprimento sedimentar na ?poca da deposi??o deste. A seq??ncia 4 ? formada pelos tratos de sistemas de N?vel Baixo (TSNA), Transgressivo e de N?vel Alto. O TSNB registra uma queda importante do n?vel base do lago; este trato se desenvolveu em condi??es de baixa raz?o entre a taxa de cria??o de espa?o de acomoda??o e a taxa de influxo sedimentar. O TST marca a terceira fase de expans?o do sistema lacustre na se??o p?s rifte da bacia; o sistema lacustre implantado no trato anterior inicia uma fase de retra??o em condi??es em que a taxa de aporte sedimentar passa a suplantar a de cria??o de espa?o de acomoda??o. A seq??ncia 5 desenvolveu-se em duas fases distintas. A primeira relaciona-se com a ?ltima etapa de expans?o do lago, (TST), trato basal desta seq??ncia. Nesta fase, o n?vel base do lago subiu consideravelmente. A segunda fase, relacionada ao TSNA), indica o final do dom?nio lacustre na Bacia do Araripe e a mudan?a para sistemas lagunares e de plan?cie de mar?, com grande desenvolvimento das por??es de supramar?. Estes sistemas eram formados por lagunas restritas, com l?mina de ?gua rasa, e com conex?o intermitente com o mar. Esta foi a fase em que a Bacia do Araripe registrou as mais severas condi??es de aridez de todo intervalo estudado, Aptiano ao Albiano, condi??es estas que propiciaram a forma??o de dep?sitos evapor?ticos. A seq??ncia 6 iniciou sua deposi??o ap?s uma queda significativa do incipiente mar (TSNB). Esta seq??ncia ?, indubitavelmente, a que cont?m os dep?sitos que comprovam a efetiva entrada do mar na Bacia do Araripe. O TST, trato final desta seq??ncia, representa o momento em que o n?vel do mar atingiu o seu m?ximo durante todo o intervalo Aptiano ao Albiano. A an?lise estratigr?fica do intervalo Aptiano ao Albiano permitiu compreender que o controle principal no desenvolvimento das seq??ncias deposicionais reconhecidas na Bacia do Araripe foram ?s varia??es do n?vel de base local, as quais s?o controladas, por sua vez, pelas mudan?as clim?ticas

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La sédimentation marine récente dans les fosses de subduction est caractérisée par l'interstratification de sédiments hémipélagiques et de turbidites localement intercalées avec les coulées de débris, qui peuvent résulter de la destabilisation des pentes continentales par de tremblements de terre. La marge d’Equateur est constituée par une forte érosion tectonique qui contribue à la formation d'une fosse profonde remplie d'une suite complexe de faciès sédimentaires. La sédimentation par écoulements gravitaires est omniprésente le long de la marge et les faciès vont de dépôts de transport de masse d'épaisseur métriques latéralement continus à des turbidites d'épaisseur centimétriques isolées intercalées avec des couches d'hémipélagites, de volcanoclastiques et de téphras. Nous présentons l'interprétation de la bathymétrie, des profils sismiques à haute résolution et des données pétrophysiques des carottes sédimentaires. L'objectif de cette étude est de décrire la complexité morphologique à la frontière équatorienne de la plaque de Nazca où un ensemble d'aspérités marines profondes ont subducté à différentes échelles, et ses conséquences sur la distribution latérale des sédiments dans les différents sous-bassins. La marge équatorienne comprend trois segments géomorphologiques: Le segment nord, situé au nord de la crête Carnegie, est caractérisé par une large (5-10 km) et profonde fosse (3800-4000 m), une pente continentale ravinée et une plate-forme (10-40 km de large) avec subsidence active. Le segment central en face de la crête de Carnégie montre une fosse étroite (0-5 km de large) et peu profonde (3100-3700 m), la pente escarpée et ravinée, sans canyons, et plateau continental étroit de 15 à 40 km de large caractérisé par des zones d'affaissement et de soulèvement actifs. Enfin, le segment sud, situé au sud de la crête Carnegie, présente une large (5-10 km) et profonde fosse (4000-4700 m), une pente continentale pauvre en sédiments avec des systèmes de canyons bien définis et une large plate-forme de subsidence (20-50 km). La dynamique sédimentaire le long de la marge est évaluée par l'analyse de 15 carottes sédimentaires dont la description visuelle, les photographies à haute résolution, l'imagerie par rayons X, les données XRF et les propriétés pétrophysiques conduisent à l'identification de 11 faciès sédimentaires caractérisant 7 processus sédimentaires: dépôts de turbidite, hémipélagites, téphras, dépôts de coulées de débris, homogénites, des slumps et des dépôts de carbonate de ooze. Les âges des dépôts sont définis par la datation au radiocarbone des sédiments hémipélagites. Les âges vont de 500 à 48000 ans BP. Les profils sismiques à haute résolution permettent de définir 3 echo-faciès: transparent, stratifiés et chaotiques. Le facies transparent est principalement associé aux dépôts d'homogénites, le facies stratifié est associé aux dépôts interstratifiés turbiditique-hémipélagique et le facies chaotique est associé à des dépôts gravitaires grossiers. Le remplissage de la fosse représente un enregistrement lacunaire mais important de l'histoire de la marge de subduction. De grandes coulées de débris se déplaçant vers l'est dans les deux séquences inférieures du remplissage de la fosse sont initiées le long de la paroi extérieure de la fosse, le long de grandes failles normales dues à la flexion de la plaque océanique subductante. Les sédiments de la séquence supérieure du remplissage qui nappent la fosse sont plus largement fournis par la paroi interne de la fosse mais avec un fort contrôle de la ride de Carnegie. En conséquence, la profondeur, la fréquence, l'épaisseur, la composition et la disposition latérale des dépôts sédimentaires varient grandement entre le nord et le sud. Les grands méga-lits simples, les slumps, les coulées de débris et les homogénites sont situés dans les segments nord et sud. Ils sont déclenchés par de grands escarpements de failles régionales, dans le Nord / Recent deep marine sedimentation in subduction trenches is characterized by the inter-stratification of hemipelagic and turbidite sediments locally interbedded with debris flow, which can result from continental slope shaking triggered by earthquakes. The active margin of Ecuador comprises tectonic erosion that contributes to the formation of a deep trench filled by a complex suite of sedimentary facies. Gravity flow sedimentation is ubiquitous along the margin and facies range from laterally continuous m-thick mass transport deposits to isolated cm-thick turbidites intercalated with hemipelagite, volcanoclastics and tephra. In this study we show interpretation of swath bathymetry, high-resolution seismic profiles and petrophysical data from cores. The objective is to describe the morphologic complexity on the Ecuadorian border of the Nazca plate where a set of deep marine asperities is subducting at different scales, and their consequences on the distribution of sediments in the different sub-basins. Ecuadorian margin comprises three geomorphological segments: The northern segment, northward of the Carnegie Ridge, is characterized by a wide (5-10 km) and deep trench (3800 – 4000 m), a gentler gullied continental slope and a shelf (10-40 km wide) with active subsidence. The central segment facing the Carnegie Ridge, is strongly influenced by the subduction of the Carnegie ridge which induces a narrow (0–5 km wide) and shallow trench (3100 – 3700 m depth), a steep and gullied slope with no canyons and a 15–40 km wide shelf characterized by areas with active subsidence and uplift. Finally, the southern segment, southward of the Carnegie Ridge, presents a wide (5–10 km) and deep (4000–4700 m) trench, a starved continental slope with well-defined canyon systems and a wide subsiding shelf (20–50 km). The sedimentary dynamics along the margin is evaluated by the analysis of 15 cores. Visual description, high-resolution photographs, X-Ray imagery, XRF data and petrophysical properties led to the identification of 11 sedimentary facies that characterize seven sedimentary processes: turbidites, hemipelagites, tephras, debris flows, homogenites, slumps, and ooze carbonate deposits. Age of the deposits is defined by radiocarbon age dating of hemipelagic sediments. Ages range from 500 to 48,000 years BP. High-resolution seismic profiles allow definition of three echo-facies: transparent, layered and chaotic. Transparent echo-facies is mainly associated to homogenite deposits, layered echo-facies is associated to the turbiditic-hemipelagic interbedded deposits and chaotic echo-facies is associated to reworked gravity flow deposits. The trench fill represents a lacunar but important record of the subduction margin history. Large eastward debris flows in the lower two sequences of the trench fill are provided by the trench outer wall as a results of slope failures along normal faults due to the downward bending of the oceanic plate. The sediment of the upper sequence of the trench fill draping the trench floor, are largely provided by the inner trench wall strongly controlled by the Carnegie Ridge. As a result, depth, frequency, thickness, composition and lateral disposition of the deposits vary greatly from those at north and south. The large, simple mega-beds like slump, debris flows and homogenites are located at the northern and southern segments. They were triggered by large regional faults in the North and enhanced by the activity of sets of splay faults in the South overhanging the seafloor at the slope toe. Small-size, fluid rich events were triggered by subduction of isolated seamounts at the edges of the Carnegie Ridge due to frequent but small destabilizations of an inner trench wall preconditioned by the impacts of successive seamounts. Sets of partly volcanoclastic turbidites in central segment might have been triggered by the complex interaction of slope and continental shelf deformation by seamount subduction