Essai d'interprétation de la dynamique sédimentaire par l'analyse granulométrique et minéralogique au large du golfe de Gabès

Abstract

The results of the grain size and mineralogical analysis of the surface sediments of the Gulf of Gabes, taken with Various depths between the coast Sfax-Zarzis and the isobaths -100 m, allow to identify the origin of these sediments and to specify the factors and the phenomena, which are involved in their transport and their deposit. The mineralogical study resulted in high lighting a clear relation between the recent sedimentary stock of the gulf of Gabès and the bordering geological formations. The sediments study showed that the detritus materials are of continental origin and the sediments coming from the coastal erosion are subjected to a dynamics, which is controlled, primarily by the action of the currents (current coastal and currents tide and by underwater morphology).