PELLETIER , B.

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Forum BIOdiversité des Ecosystèmes Coralliens, 30 octobre-4 novembre, Nouméa (Nouvelle-Calédonie)

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Marine Geophysical Researches, v. 24, n. 3-4, p. 245-263, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11001-004-1060-y

The 29 September 2009 South Pacific tsunami reached the islands of Futuna and Alofi, 650 km to the west of its origin, between 7 and 7:20 am on 30 September, local time. No warning was issued. We measured run-up heights and inundation distances at 41 sites around the islands. The worst impact (4.5 m run-up; 85 m inundation; 3.8 m flow depth)...

New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands are located in the southwest region of the Pacific ocean in the highly seismogenic southern Vanuatu subduction zone and therefore may be subject to devastating local tsunamis. Over the past 150 years, two large tsunamis were triggered by major earthquakes on March 28th 1875 and September 20th 1920. In this study,...

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The assessment of sediment transport pathways in carbonate settings is complicated by ecologically sourced sediment. Tracers such as foraminifera have previously been used in these settings to describe the movement of coastal sediments on spatial and temporal scales where traditional grain size methods have limited use. The present study builds...

Satellite altimetry provides an ocean mean sea surface (MSS) map with global coverage and overall excellent precision. However, in some areas, like the Vanuatu archipelago, the coverage and resolution of this tool are not sufficient to correctly map the short scale undulations of the sea surface, due to numerous islands and to strong...

On 26 November 1999, at 1321 UT, central Vanuatu was struck by a large offshore earthquake (Mw 7.5) followed by a tsunami that killed five people and caused significant damage to nearshore structures, mainly at Martelli Bay, south Pentecost Island. The tsunami is simulated using the Geowave model. The Tsunami Open and Progressive Initial...

In order to establish a tsunami alert system in New Caledonia in April 2008, the French Secretary of State for Overseas Affairs, with the aid of the UNESCO French Commission, mandated an investigation to build a more complete record of the most recent tsunamis. To complete this task, a call for witnesses was broadcast through various media and...

Multi-proxy studies of trench sediments from Futuna island, in the Wallis and Futuna archipelago, have produced a record of two palaeotsunamis dated to around 1860-2000 BP and c. 470 BP. One of the most useful proxies in this study has been the archaeological data associated with occupations that immediately underlie the deposits associated...

Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108, n. B6, p. ETG 17-1, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2001JB000644

A novel anaerobic, alkaliphilic, Gram-positive staining bacterium was isolated from a hydrothermal chimney in the Prony Bay, New Caledonia. This strain designated FatMR1T grew at temperatures from 20 to 55 °C (optimum 37 °C) and at pH between 7.5 and 10.5 (optimum 8.8–9). NaCl is not required for growth (optimum 0.2–0.5 %), but is tolerated up...

A novel thermotolerant, anaerobic, Gram-stain-positive, spore-forming bacterium was isolated from a hydrothermal chimney in Prony Bay, New Caledonia. This strain, designated FatNI3T, grew at 15–55 °C (optimum 30 °C) and at pH 5.8–8.9 (optimum 7.7). It was slightly halophilic, requiring at least 0.5 % NaCl for growth (optimum 2.5–3.0 %), and was...

The Vanuatu arc in the southwest Pacific Ocean is one of the world's most seismically active regions, with almost 39 magnitude 7+ earthquakes in the past 43 years. Convergence rates are around 90–120 mm/yr along most of the arc, but drop to 25–43 mm/yr in the central section, probably due to the subduction of the d'Entrecasteaux ridge. We...

The central Vanuatu forearc is characterized by a reduced convergence rate at the trench, significant uplift of the overriding plate, and the presence of large forearc islands. Volcanic activity and intermediate‐depth seismicity behind the forearc are among the highest on Earth. These features are presumed to be associated with the subduction...

We investigated the tsunami hazard in the remote French territory of Wallis and Futuna, Southwest Pacific, using the Gerris flow solver to produce numerical models of tsunami generation, propagation and inundation. Wallis consists of the inhabited volcanic island of Uvéa that is surrounded by a lagoon delimited by a barrier reef. Futuna and the...