Shallow gas and gas hydrates in the Anaximander Mountains region, eastern Mediterranean Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 137, Issue , 1998, Pages 177-193

  Woodside, J M ^a   Ivanov, M K ^b   Limonov, A F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GAS HYDRATE; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; BIVALVIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 0032322799     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.15     Document Type: Article

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