Fluid flow in and around a mud volcano field seaward of the Barbados accretionary wedge: Results from Manon cruise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 20297-20323

  Henry, Pierre ^a   Le Pichon, Xavier ^a,b   Lallemant, Siegfried ^a   Lance, Sophie ^a   Martin, Jonathan B ^c,d   Foucher, Jean Paul ^e   Fiala Médioni, Aline ^f   Rostek, Frauke ^g,h,j   Guilhaumou, Nicole ^a   Pranal, Vincent ^f   Castrec, Maryse ⁱ  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e IFREMER   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^g CNRS Luminy   (France)

^h AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁱ SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j CEREGE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLOW; MUD DIAPIR; MUD DIAPIRS; MUD VOLCANO; MUD VOLCANOES;

ATLANTIC, BARBADOS TRENCH;

EID: 0030435613     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00953     Document Type: Article

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