Seabed morphology and gas venting in the black sea mudvolcano area: Observations with the MAK-1 deep-tow sidescan sonar and bottom profiler

Marine Geology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 121-136

  Limonov, A F ^a   Van Wearing, Tj C E ^b   Kenyon, N H ^c   Ivanov, M K ^a   Meisner, L B ^d  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Yuzhmorgeologiya Ent ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Black Sea; gas hydrates; gas venting; mud volcanoes

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; GAS HYDRATE; GAS HYDRATES; GAS VENTING; MUD VOLCANO; MUD VOLCANOES; SEA FLOOR MORPHOLOGY; SIDESCAN SONAR;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0030620737     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00083-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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