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Xavier DURRIEU DE MADRON

CNRS Senior Scientist

 

CEFREM, University of Perpignan
52, avenue Paul Alduy
66860, Perpignan Cedex, France


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Curriculum Vitae:

Positions

1994-present:           CNRS Scientist, Cefrem, University of Perpignan

1991-1993:               Post-doctorate, Oceanography Dept, Florida State University

 1988-1991:             Ph.D, Institut of Geology, University of Neuchatel

Formation

2004:                        Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, University of Perpignan (get pdf)

1991:                       PhD in Oceanography, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (get pdf)

1988:                       Master in Oceanography, University of Aix-Marseille II

1984:                       Batchelor in Theoretical Physics, University of Nice

 


Research activities:

Hydrodynamics and sediment transport on continental margins (coastal oceanography, shelf-slope exchanges, sediment dynamics, budgets). Coupling of in situ observations and modeling.

  • Effects of atmospheric forcings on on coastal circulation and oceanic convection
  • Impact of extreme events (storm, dense water cascading) on shelf-slope exchanges and deep ecosystems
  • Resuspension and transport of sediments


Scientific papers:

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.

Durrieu de Madron X., F. Nyffeler, E.T. Balopoulos & G. Chronis (1992) Circulation and distribution of suspended matter in the Sporades Basin (northwestern Aegean Sea). Journal of Marine Systems, 3, 237-248.

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

Durrieu de Madron X. & G. Weatherly (1994). Circulation, transport and bottom mixed layer in the deep western boundary currents in the Brazil basin. Journal of Marine Research. 52, 583-638.

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.

Yoro S. C., R. Sempéré, C. Turley, M. A. Unanue, X. Durrieu de Madron & M. Bianchi (1997). Cross-slope variations of organic carbon and bacteria in the Gulf of Lions in relation to water dynamics (Northwestern Mediterranean). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 161: 255-264.

Calafat A., X. Durrieu de Madron & M. Canals (1997). Registro continuo de las variaciones de temperatura en un volcán submarino (Estrecho de Bransfield, Antártida). Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. 93 (1-4), 63-71.

Durrieu de Madron X., O. Radakovitch, S. Heussner, M.D. Loye-Pilot. & 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. (get pdf)

Durrieu de Madron X., P. Castaing, T. Courp  & F. Nyffeler (1999). Slope transport of suspended particulate matter on the Aquitanian margin of the Bay of Biscay. Deep Sea Research II, 46 (10), 2003-2028. (get pdf)

Heussner S., X. Durrieu de Madron, O. Radakovitch, L. Beaufort, P.E. Biscaye, J. Carbonne, N. Delsaut, H. Etcheber & A. Monaco (1999). Spatial and temporal patterns of downward particles fluxes on the continental slope of the Bay of Biscay (Northeastern Atlantic). Deep Sea Research II, 46 (10): 2101-2146. (get pdf)

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

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

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. (get pdf)

Lapouyade A. & 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. (get pdf)

Kitsiou D., X. Durrieu de Madron & P.A. Arnau (2001) Development of a data visualisation and analysis tool to study the particle dynamics in the coastal zone. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 43, 7-12, 262-269.

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. (get pdf)

Béthoux J.P., X. Durrieu de Madron, F. Nyffeler & D. Taillez (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. (get pdf)

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

Estournel C., X. Durrieu de Madron, P. Marsaleix, F. Auclair, C. Julliand & R. Vehil. (2003) Observations 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,. Vol. 108, C3, 8059. (get pdf)

Hauser D., H. Branger, S. Bouffies-Cloché, S. Despiau, W. Drennan, H. Dupuis, P. Durand, X. Durrieu de Madron, C. Estournel, L. Eymard., C. Flamant, H. Graber, C. Guérin, K. Kahma, G. Lachaud, J-M. Lefèvre, J. Pelon, H. Pettersson, B. Piguet, P. Queffeulou, D. Tailliez, J. Tournadre & A. Weill (2003). The FETCH experiment: an overview. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108, C3, 8053. (get pdf)

Durrieu de Madron X., L. Denis, F. Diaz, N. Garcia, C. Guieu, C. Grenz, M.D. Löye-Pilot, W. Ludwig, T. Moutin, P. Raimbault & C. Ridame (2003). Nutrients and carbon budgets for the Gulf of Lions during the MOGLI cruises. Oceanologica Acta, 26 (4), 421-434. (get pdf)

Grémare A., J.M. Amouroux, G. Cauwet, F. Charles, C. Courties, F. deBovée, A. Dinet,  J.L. Devenon, X. Durrieu de Madron, B. Ferré, P. Fraunié, F. Joux, F. Lantoine, P. Lebaron, J.J. Naudin, A. Palanques,  M. Pujo-Pay & L. Zudaire (2003). Response of Mediterranean coastal ecosystems to brief meteorological events. Preliminary results on the impact of a major winter storm. Oceanologica Acta, 26 (4), 407-420. (get pdf)

Raimbault P. & X. Durrieu De Madron (2003). Research activities in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean) within the 1997-2001 PNEC project. Oceanologica Acta, 26 (4), 291-298. (get pdf)

Durrieu de Madron X., B. Ferré, G. Le Corre, C. Grenz, P. Conan, M. Pujo-Pay, O. Bodiot, R. Buscail (2005) Trawling-induced resuspension and dispersal of muddy sediments and dissolved elements. Continental Shelf Research, 25 (19-20), 2387-2409. (get pdf)

Liquete C., M. Canals, P. Arnau, R. Urgeles and X. Durrieu de Madron (2004) The Impact of humans on strata formation along mediterranean margins. Oceanography, 17, 4, 42-514 (get pdf)

Durrieu de Madron X., Zervakis V., Theocharis A., Georgopoulos D. (2005) Comments to "Cascades of dense water around the world ocean”. Progress in Oceanography, 64 (1), 83-90. (get pdf)

Ferré B., K. Guizien, X. Durrieu de Madron, A. Palanques, J. Guillén,, A. Grémare (2005) Fine sediment dynamics study during a winter storm in the Gulf of Lion shelf (NW Mediterranean). Continental Shelf Research, 25 (19-20), 2410-2427. (get pdf)

Canals M., P. Puig, X. Durrieu de Madron, S. Heussner, A. Palanques, J. Fabrès (2006). Flushing submarine canyons. Nature, 444, 354-357. (get pdf)

Guarracino M., B. Barnier, P. Marsaleix, X. Durrieu de Madron, A. Monaco, K. Escoubeyrou, J.C. Marty (2006). Hydrodynamic control of the transfer of particulate matter on a Northwestern Mediterranean continental margin: from observations to modeling. Journal of Marine Research. 64, 195-220. (get pdf)

Guillén J., F. Bourrin, A. Palanques, X. Durrieu de Madron, P. Puig , R. Buscail (2006). Sediment dynamics during “wet” and “dry” storm events on the Têt inner shelf (SW Gulf of Lions). Marine Geology, 234, 129-142. (get pdf)

Heussner S., X. Durrieu de Madron, A. Calafat, M. Canals, J. Carbonne, N. Delsaut, G. Saragoni (2006). Spatial and temporal variability of downward particle fluxes on a continental slope: lessons from an 8-yr experiment in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Marine Geology, 234, 63-92. (get pdf)

Palanques A., X. Durrieu de Madron, P. Puig, J. Fabres, J. Guillén, A. Calafat, M. Canals, J. Bonnin (2006). Suspended sediment fluxes and transport processes in the Gulf of Lions submarine canyons. The role of storms and dense water cascading. Marine Geology, 234, 43-61. (get pdf)

Bourrin F., X. Durrieu de Madron (2006) Contribution to the study of coastal rivers and associated prodeltas to sediment supply in Gulf of Lions (N-W Mediterranean Sea). Vie & Milieu - Life & Environment, 56 (4), 1-8. (get pdf)

Bourrin F., A. Monaco, J-C. Aloïsi, J-A. Sanchez-Cabeza, J. Lofi, , S. Heussner, X. Durrieu de Madron, G. Jeanty G., R. Buscail, G. Saragoni (2007). Last millennia sedimentary record on a micro-tidal, low-accumulation prodelta (Têt W Mediterranean). Marine Geology, 243 (1), 77-96. (get pdf)

Curran K.J., P.S. Hill, T.G. Milligan, O.A. Mikkelsen, B. Law, X. Durrieu de Madron, F. Bourrin (2007). Settling velocity, effective density, and mass composition of suspended sediment in a coastal bottom boundary layer, Gulf of Lions, France. Continental Shelf Research, 27 (10-11), 1408-1421. (get pdf)

Bonnin J, S. Heussner, A. Calafat, J. Fabres, A. Palanques, X. Durrieu de Madron, M. Canals, P. Puig, J. Avril, N. Delsaut (2008). Comparison of horizontal and downward particle fluxes across canyons of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean): Meteorological and hydrodynamical forcing. Continental Shelf Research, 28, 1957– 1970. (get pdf)

Bourrin F., P.L. Friend,1, C.L. Amos, E. Manca, C. Ulses, A. Palanques, X. Durrieu de Madron, C.E.L. Thompson (2008). Sediment dispersal from a typical Mediterranean flood: The Têt River, Gulf of Lions. Continental Shelf Research, 25, 1895– 1910. (get pdf)

Bourrin F., X. Durrieu de Madron, S. Heussner, C. Estournel (2008). Impact of winter dense water formation on shelf sediment erosion (evidence from the Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean). Continental Shelf Research, 28, 1984– 1999. (get pdf)

DeGeest A., B. Mullenbach, P. Puig, C. Nittrouer, T. Drexler, X. Durrieu de Madron, D.L. Orange (2008). Sediment accumulation in the western Gulf of Lions, France: The role of Cap de Creus Canyon in linking shelf and slope sediment dispersal systems. Continental Shelf Research, 28, 2031–2047. (get pdf)

Durrieu de Madron X., P. Wiberg, P. Puig (2008). Sediment dynamics in the Gulf of Lions: The impact of extreme events. Continental Shelf Research 28, 1867–1876. (get pdf)

Ferré B., X. Durrieu de Madron, C. Estournel, C. Ulses, G. Le Corre (2008). Impact of natural and anthropogenic (trawl) resuspension on the export of particulate matter to the open ocean. Application to the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean). Continental Shelf Research, 28, 2071–2091. (get pdf)

Palanques A., J. Guillén, P. Puig, X. Durrieu de Madron (2008). Storm-driven shelf-to-canyon suspended sediment transport at the southwestern Gulf of Lions. Continental Shelf Research, 28, 1947– 1956. (get pdf)

Sanchez-Vidal A., C. Pasqual, P. Kerhervé, A. Calafat, S. Heussner, A. Palanques, X. Durrieu de Madron, M. Canals, P. Puig (2008). Impact of dense shelf water cascading on the transfer of organic material to the deep western Mediterranean. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L05605, doi:10.1029/ 2007GL032825. (get pdf)

Ulses C., C. Estournel, J. Bonnin, X. Durrieu de Madron, P. Marsaleix (2008). Impacts between storms and dense water cascading on shelf-slope exchange in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean). Journal of Geophysical Research. 113, C02010, doi:10.1029/2006JC003795. (get pdf)

Ulses C., C. Estournel, P. Puig, X. Durrieu de Madron, P. Marsaleix (2008). Dense water cascading in the northwestern Mediterranean during the cold winter 2005. Quantification of the export through the Gulf of Lion and the Catalan margin. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L07610, doi:10.1029/2008GL033257. (get pdf)

Ulses C., C. Estournel, X. Durrieu de Madron, A. Palanques (2008). Sediment transport in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean): Impact of extreme storms and floods. Continental Shelf Research, 28, 2048–2070. (get pdf)

Sanchez-Vidal, A., C. Pasqual, P. Kerhervé, S. Heussner, A. Calafat, A. Palanques, X. Durrieu de Madron, M. Canals, and P. Puig (2009) Across margin export of organic matter by cascading events traced by stable isotopes, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Limnology & Oceanography, 54(5), 1488–1500. (get pdf)

Canals M, R Danovaro, S Heussner, V Lykousis, P Puig, F Trincardi, A.M. Calafat, X. Durrieu de Madron, A. Palanques, A. Sanchez-Vidal (2009) Cascades in mediterranean submarine grand canyons. Oceanography, 22 (1), 26-43 (get pdf)

Allen S., X. Durrieu de Madron (2009) A review of the role of submarine canyons in deep-ocean exchange with the shelf. Ocean Sciences, 6, 1-38. (get pdf)

Pasqual C., A. Sanchez-Vidal, D. Zúñiga, A. Calafat, M. Canals, X. Durrieu de Madron, P. Puig, S. Heussner, A. Palanques, N. Delsaut (2010) Settling particle fluxes across the continental margin of the Gulf of Lion: the role of dense shelf water cascading. Biogeosciences, 7, 217-231. (get pdf)

 

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