The summit area (Antaeus/Pan di Zucchero) of the Mediterranean Ridge: A mud diapir field?

Marine Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 113-129

  Hieke, Werner ^a   Cita, Maria B ^b   Mirabile, G Lorenzo ^c   Negri, Alessandra ^d   Werner, Friedrich ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Oceanologia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPIRS; HOLOCENE; MUD BRECCIA; MUD DIAPIR; MUD DIAPIR FIELD; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBMARINE RIDGES; SUMMIT AREA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE, ANTAEUS/PAN DI ZUCCHERO FIELD;

EID: 0030153558     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00156-5     Document Type: Article

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