Algebraic cycles and fibrations (Q2439221)

Summary: Let \(f:X \rightarrow B\) be a projective surjective morphism between quasi-projective varieties. The goal of this paper is the study of the Chow groups of \(X\) in terms of the Chow groups of \(B\) and of the fibres of \(f\). One of the applications concerns quadric bundles. When \(X\) and \(B\) are smooth projective and when \(f\) is a flat quadric fibration, we show that the Chow motive of \(X\) is ``built'' from the motives of varieties of dimension less than the dimension of \(B\).