Submersible study of mud volcanoes seaward of the Barbados accretionary wedge: Sedimentology, structure and rheology

Marine Geology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 255-292

  Lance, Sophie ^a   Henry, Pierre ^a   Le Pichon, Xavier ^a   Lallemant, Siegfried ^a   Chamley, Hervé ^b   Rostek, Frauke ^c   Faugères, Jean Claude ^d   Gonthier, Eliane ^d   Olu, Karine ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Barbados; Gas hydrate; Mud volcanoes; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; CHRONOLOGY; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0032033644     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00117-5     Document Type: Article

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