Rock-magnetic signature of gas hydrates in accretionary prism sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 509-519

  Housen, Bernard A ^a   Musgrave, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedges; Gas hydrates; Greigite; ODP Site 892; Remanent magnetization

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GAS HYDRATE; GAS HYDRATES; GREIGITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ODP LEG 146; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK MAGNETISM;

PACIFIC, CASCADIA MARGIN;

EID: 0029729232     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(95)00245-8     Document Type: Article

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