Widespread fluid expulsion on a translational continental margin: Mud volcanoes, fault zones, headless canyons, and organic-rich substrate in Monterey Bay, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 992-1009

  Orange, Daniel L ^a,g   Greene, H Gary ^a,b   Reed, Don ^c   Martin, Jonathan B ^d   McHugh, Cecilia M ^e,f   Ryan, William B F ^e   Maher, Norman ^a   Stakes, Debra ^a   Barry, James ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FAULTING; METHANE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; MONTEREY BAY , CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; PORE-FLUID DENSITIES; RAPID SEDIMENTATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (ROV); SURFACE MANIFESTATIONS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

ACTIVE MARGIN; CANYON; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FAULT ZONE; FLUID EXPULSION; MUD VOLCANO; ORGANIC MATTER;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032743830     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0992:WFEOAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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