OZCAR-RI SNO_KARST Mediterranean and coastal site of Port-Miou - France

Basic Information
Site Name
OZCAR-RI SNO_KARST Mediterranean and coastal site of Port-Miou
Short name
Port-Miou SNO_Karst
Country
France
Web Address
OSU PYTHEAS - Aix-Marseille Univ.
CEREGE laboratory - Aix-Marseille Univ.
Operating Organisation
Aix-Marseille Univ. - OSU PYTHEAS
Site Manager
Bruno Arfib
Funding Agency
Agence de l'Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse (RMC)
Aix-Marseille Université
Conseil Départemental 13
Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CNRS - Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU)
Site Description
The Mediterranean and coastal site of Port-Miou is a wide regional carbonate aquifer, with a catchment area around 400 km², in south of France (Provence, France). It extends mainly over natural land, in the vicinity of one of the main city of France (Marseille), facing recent urban expansion and future groundwater resources management issues. Top of the recharge area culminates at 1100 m asl, and the main outlets are submarine springs. Karst features are observed in surface (polje, intermittent rivers, sinkholes, karren, caves) and underground. Many karst networks have been explored in the unsaturated zone of the aquifer, but also in the saturated zone below the sea level. Karst features and conduits drive the groundwater flows to ...
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Last modified
2024-03-04 09:03:17

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2010
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
SNO Karst✖The affiliation of this site with "SNO Karst" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
OZCAR RI✔This site is a verified "OZCAR RI" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER France✔ (CZO_EU_FR_188)This site is a verified "LTER France" member.
Photos
Port-Miou underground dam (France)
Port-Miou underground dam (France)
Geographic
10 km
5 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 43.21 Longitude: 5.514

Size
ca. 40000.00ha
Elevation (average)
400.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
1100.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Coastal
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Forest
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Rivers
Small rivers
Biogeographical Region
Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Coastal habitats (B) » Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral (B3)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Buildings of cities, towns and villages (J1)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Extractive industrial sites (J3)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Low density buildings (J2)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Transport networks and other constructed hard-surfaced areas (J4)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Garrigue (F6)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean brushes (F5)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Shrub plantations (FB)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation) (F7)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub (F3)
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies (H1)
Marine habitats (A)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral rock and other hard substrata (A1)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
13.50°C
Precipitation Annual
652.00mm
Geology
Mainly Carbonates rocks (limestones and dolostone) from Triasic to upper cretaceous periods. Conglomerate and alluvial deposits in polje and valleys (Oligocene and Quaternary). Karst landscape and features, deep karstification below the sea-level.
Vegetation
At the catchment scale : from the sea-shore to Mediterranean mountains (1100 msl). Halophile, garrigue, pine forest, oak, yew and beech forest
Soils
At the catchment scale : soils in carbonate environment.
Hydrology
Few temporary streams. High river - groundwater exchanges. Karst hydrology. Sea water intrusion.
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
60
Maintenance Interval
60
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
At least part of the costs of dataset acquisition, retrieval or provision must be recovered.
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
The dataset provider is given a complete list of all products that make use of the dataset
Data Policy URL
Data portal & Data policy
LTER Site Classification
Regular