Comparative characteristics of the Black Sea and Mediterranean Ridge mud volcanoes

Marine Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 253-271

  Ivanov, M K ^a   Limonov, A F ^a   Van Weering, Tj C E ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL REGIME; LATERAL COMPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; MUD; MUD FLOW; MUD VOLCANO; MUD VOLCANOES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; SEISMIC SURVEY; SIDESCAN SONAR;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE;

EID: 0030153557     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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