Mud volcanoes-the most important pathway for degassing deeply buried sediments

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 49-76

  Dimitrov, Lyobomir I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Black sea; Clay diaprism; Mediterranean ridge; methane; Mud volcano; venting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLAY; DEGASSING; DIAPIRISM; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; VENTING;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036853591     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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