Origin of mud breccia from the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex based on evidence of the maturity of organic matter and related petrographic and regional tectonic evidence

Marine Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 65-82

  Kopf, A ^a   Robertson, A H F ^b   Volkmann, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretion; Maturation; Mediterranean Ridge; Messinian; Mud volcanism; Vitrinite

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BRECCIA; MUD; PROVENANCE; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034657234     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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