The mediterranean ridge and related mud diapirism: A background

Marine Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 7-19

  Limonov, A F ^a   Woodside, J M ^b   Cita, M B ^c   Ivanov, M K ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; DEFORMATION; DIAPIRISM; MUD; MUD DIAPIR; MUD VOLCANISM; SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SUBMARINE RIDGES; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE;

EID: 0029731535     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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