Mud diapirs observed in two piston cores from the landward slope of the northern Ryukyu Trench, northwestern Pacific Ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 149-167

  Ujiié, Yurika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exotic microfossils; Mud diapir; Northern Ryukyu Trench; Porosity

Indexed keywords

DIAPIR; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034652475     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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