My current research at Ifremer focuses on the transport and deposition of terrestrial organic carbon by turbidity currents in the Congo submarine canyon.
2014-2019: PhD student and demonstrator, National Oceanography Centre Southampton
February-March 2020: Geological fieldwork, Upper Cretaceous Chile Slope Deposits, Southern Patagonia, 5 weeks
October 2017: Cruise on R/V CCGS Vector, Fjords of British Columbia (Canada), 2 weeks
June 2016: Cruise on R/V CCGS Vector, Bute Inlet and Howe Sound, Canada, 2 weeks
June 2015: Cruise on R/V Strickland and R/V Heron, Squamish Delta, Canada, 10 days
My research focuses on the transport and deposition of terrestrial particles by turbidity currents in the marine environment. My primary interests are to understand what role river-connected submarine canyons play in the trapping of organic carbon and thus CO2. I use methods that span the fields of sedimentology, organic geochemistry and field geology.
2022
Pope Ed L, Cartigny Matthieu Jb, Clare Michael A, Talling Peter J, Lintern D. Gwyn, Vellinga Age,
Hage Sophie, Acikalin Sanem, Bailey Lewis, Chapplow Natasha, Chen Ye, Eggenhuisen Joris, Hendry Alison, Heerema Catherina J, Heijnen Maarten S, Hubbard Stephen M, Hunt James E, McGhee Claire, Parsons Daniel R, Simmons Stephen M, Stacey Cooper D, Vendettuoli Daniela (2022).
First source-to-sink monitoring shows dense head controls sediment flux and runout in turbidity currents .
Science Advances , 8(20), eabj3220 (16p.) . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj3220 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00772/88356/
Heijnen Maarten S., Clare Michael A., Cartigny Matthieu J.B., Talling Peter J.,
Hage Sophie, Pope Ed L., Bailey Lewis, Sumner Esther, Gwyn Lintern D., Stacey Cooper, Parsons Daniel R., Simmons Stephen M., Chen Ye, Hubbard Stephen M., Eggenhuisen Joris T., Kane Ian, Hughes Clarke John E. (2022).
Fill, flush or shuffle: How is sediment carried through submarine channels to build lobes? Earth And Planetary Science Letters , 584, 117481 (14p.) . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117481 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00756/86845/
Hage Sophie, Galy Valier, Cartigny Matthieu J.B., Heerema Catharina, Heijnen Maarten S, Acikalin Sanem, Clare Michael Andrew, Giesbrecht Ian J W, Gröcke Darren Richard, Hendry Alison, Hilton Robert George, Hubbard Stephen M, Hunt James Edward, Lintern Gwyn, McGhee Claire, Parsons Daniel R., Pope Ed L, Stacey Cooper D, Sumner Esther Joanne, Tank Suzanne, Talling Peter
How turbidity currents dictate organic carbon fluxes across river-fed fjords .
under consideration at Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. IN PRESS . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10510464.2 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00761/87272/
Talling Peter, Baker Megan, Pope Ed,
Silva Jacinto Ricardo, Heijnen Maarten,
Hage Sophie, Simmons Stephen, Hasenhündl Martin, Heerema Catharina, Ruffell Sean, McGhee Claire,
Apprioual Ronan,
Ferrant Anthony, Cartigny Matthieu, Parsons Daniel, Clare Michael, Tshimanga Raphael, Trigg Mark, Cula Costa, Faria Rui,
Gaillot Arnaud, Bola Gode, Wallace Declan, Griffiths Allan, Nunny Robert, Urlaub Morelia, Peirce Christine, Burnett Richard, Neasham Jeffrey, Hilton Robert
Flood and tides trigger longest measured sediment flow that accelerates for thousand kilometers into deep-sea .
under consideration at a Nature Portfolio Journal IN PRESS . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1181750/v1 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00761/87270/
2021
Englert Rebecca G., Hubbard Stephen M., Cartigny Matthieu J. B., Clare Michael A., Coutts Daniel S.,
Hage Sophie, Clarke John Hughes, Jobe Zane, Lintern D. Gwyn, Stacey Cooper, Vendettuoli Daniela (2021).
Quantifying the three-dimensional stratigraphic expression of cyclic steps by integrating seafloor and deep-water outcrop observations .
Sedimentology , 68(4), 1465-1501 . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12772 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00730/84234/
Chen Ye, Parsons Daniel R., Simmons Stephen M., Williams Rebecca, Cartigny Matthieu J. B., Clarke John E. Hughes, Stacey Cooper D.,
Hage Sophie, Talling Peter J., Azpiroz-Zabala Maria, Clare Michael A., Hizzett Jamie L., Heijnen Maarten S., Hunt James E., Lintern D. Gwyn, Sumner Esther J., Vellinga Age J., Vendettuoli Daniela (2021).
Knickpoints and crescentic bedform interactions in submarine channels .
Sedimentology , 68(4), 1358-1377 .
https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12886
2020
Hage Sophie, Galy V. V., Cartigny M. J. B., Acikalin S., Clare M. A., Grocke D. R., Hilton R. G., Hunt J. E., Lintern D. G., McGhee C. A., Parsons D. R., Stacey C. D., Sumner E. J., Talling P. J. (2020).
Efficient preservation of young terrestrial organic carbon in sandy turbidity-current deposits .
Geology , 48(9), 882-887 . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1130/G47320.1 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00730/84233/
Heijnen Maarten S., Clare Michael A., Cartigny Matthieu J. B., Talling Peter J.,
Hage Sophie, Lintern D. Gwyn, Stacey Cooper, Parsons Daniel R., Simmons Stephen M., Chen Ye, Sumner Esther J., Dix Justin K., Clarke John E. Hughes (2020).
Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution .
Nature Communications , 11(1), 3129 (15p.) . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16861-x , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00730/84230/
Hubert-Ferrari Aurelia, Lamair Laura,
Hage Sophie, Schmidt Sabine, Cagatay M. Namik, Avsar Ulas (2020).
A 3800 yr paleoseismic record (Lake Hazar sediments, eastern Turkey): Implications for the East Anatolian Fault seismic cycle .
Earth And Planetary Science Letters , 538, 116152 (14p.) .
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116152
2019
Hage Sophie, Cartigny Matthieu J.B., Sumner Esther J., Clare Michael A., Hughes Clarke John E., Talling Peter J., Lintern D. Gwyn, Simmons Stephen M.,
Silva Jacinto Ricardo, Vellinga Age J., Allin Joshua R., Azpiroz‐zabala Maria, Gales Jenny A., Hizzett Jamie L., Hunt James E., Mozzato Alessandro, Parsons Daniel R., Pope Ed L., Stacey Cooper D., Symons William O., Vardy Mark E., Watts Camilla (2019).
Direct monitoring reveals initiation of turbidity currents from extremely dilute river plumes .
Geophysical Research Letters , 46(20), 11310-11320 . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084526 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00514/62594/
Vendettuoli D., Clare M. A., Clarke J. E. Hughes, Vellinga A., Hizzet J.,
Hage Sophie, Cartigny M. J. B., Talling P. J., Waltham D., Hubbard S. M., Stacey C., Lintern D. G. (2019).
Daily bathymetric surveys document how stratigraphy is built and its extreme incompleteness in submarine channels .
Earth And Planetary Science Letters , 515, 231-247 . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.033 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00730/84236/
2018
Hage Sophie, Cartigny Matthieu J. B., Clare Michael A., Sumner Esther J., Vendettuoli Daniela, Clarke John E. Hughes, Hubbard Stephen M., Talling Peter J., Lintern D. Gwyn, Stacey Cooper D., Englert Rebecca G., Vardy Mark E., Hunt James E., Yokokawa Miwa, Parsons Daniel R., Hizzett Jamie L., Azpiroz-Zabala Maria, Vellinga Age J. (2018).
How to recognize crescentic bedforms formed by supercritical turbidity currents in the geologic record: Insights from active submarine channels .
Geology , 46(6), 563-566 . Publisher's official version :
https://doi.org/10.1130/G40095.1 , Open Access version :
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00730/84237/
2017
Hage Sophie, Hubert-Ferrari Aurelia, Lamair Laura, Avsar Ulas, El Ouahabi Meriam, Van Daele Maarten, Boulvain Frederic, Bahri Mohamed Ali, Seret Alain, Plenevaux Alain (2017).
Flow dynamics at the origin of thin clayey sand lacustrine turbidites: Examples from Lake Hazar, Turkey .
Sedimentology , 64(7), 1929-1956 .
https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12380