Vertical tectonics and the origins of BSRs along the Peru margin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 47-55

  Von Huene, Roland ^a   Pecher, Ingo A ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; Peru; Reflection; Sediments; Tectonics; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU MARGIN;

EID: 0033611713     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00274-X     Document Type: Article

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