New discoveries of mud volcanoes on the eastern Mediterranean Ridge

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-182

  Cronin, B T ^a,b   Ivanov, M K ^c   Limonov, A F ^c   Egorov, A ^c   Akhmanov, G G ^c   Akhmetjanov, A M ^c   Kozlova, E ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boulders; Mediterranean Ridge; Mud volcanoes; Pockmarks; Submarine environments

Indexed keywords

FLUID VENTING; GAS VENTING; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUD VOLCANO; MUD VOLCANOES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE;

EID: 0031011881     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.2.0173     Document Type: Article

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