History of mud diapirism and trigger mechanisms in the Western Alboran Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 399-422

  Perez Belzuz F ^a   Alonso, B ^a   Ercilla, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; High resolution seismic profiles; Miocene Quaternary; Mud diapirism

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MUD DIAPIRISM; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC SURVEY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ALBORAN SEA;

EID: 0031408778     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00226-6     Document Type: Article

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