Gas-charged sediments and large pockmark-like features on the Gulf of Cadiz slope (SW Spain)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-261

  Baraza, Jesús ^a   Ercilla, Gemma ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gas charging; Gulf of Cadiz; Mediterranean Undercurrent; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS CHARGING; GAS-CHARGING; MARINE SEDIMENT; POCK MARKS; POCKMARK; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; SEISMIC PROFILE;

ATLANTIC, GULF OF CADIZ;

BATHYMETRY; GASES; GEOPHYSICS; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ACOUSTIC TURBIDITY; CADIZ GULF SLOPE; GAS CHARGED SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN UNDERCURRENT OUTFLOW; SEAFLOOR POCKMARKS; SEISMIC PROFILES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029668726     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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