Hydrocarbon gases in sediments and mud breccia from the central and eastern part of the Mediterranean Ridge

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-138

  Egorov, A V ^a   Ivanov, M K ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; GAS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUD; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032457291     PISSN: 02761157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050060     Document Type: Article

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