The accretionary complex of the Mediterranean Ridge: Tectonics, fluid flow and the formation of brine lakes - An introduction to the special issue of Marine Geology

Marine Geology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Westbrook, G K ^a   Reston, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037025244     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00169-X     Document Type: Article

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1. Structure and evolution of the Mediterranean basins
2. Physiography and structure of Bacino Bannock (Eastern Mediterranean)
3. Geological evidence of mud diapirism on the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex
4. Geophysical evidence of mud diapirism on the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex
5. Mechanics of thin-skinned fold- and-thrust belts
6. From foreland to forearc domains: New multichannel seismic reflection survey of the Mediterranean Ridge Accretionary Complex (Eastern Mediterranean)
7. Brine formation and gypsum precipitation in the Bannock Basin, eastern Mediterranean
8. Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex yields rich surprises
9. Mechanics of fold and thrust belts and accretionary wedges
10. Thermal transients in the sediments of the Mediterranean Ridge
11. Structure of the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex from seismic velocity information
12. Marine geology of the Medriff Corridor, Mediterranean Ridge
13. Wide-angle images of the Mediterranean Ridge backstop structure
14. Progressive deformation of an evaporite-bearing accretionary complex: Sea Marcl, Sea Beam and Piston-core observations from the Mediterranean Ridge
15. Mechanical decoupling in a sandbox simulation applied to the Mediterranean Ridge
16. Strain distribution over the East Mediterranean Ridge: A synthesis incorporating new sea-beam data
17. Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: Implications for Eastern Mediterranean tectonics
18. The Mediterranean Ridge backstop and the Hellenic nappes
19. The Mediterranean Ridge and related mud diapirism: A background
20. Accretionary processes, structural style and syncontractional sedimentation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
21. Age variation in the source of diapiric mud breccia along and across the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex
22. The structure and evolution of the western Mediterranean Ridge
23. Frontal accretion along the western Mediterranean Ridge: The effect of Messinian evaporites on wedge mechanics and structural style
24. Tectonic setting and processes of mud volcanism on the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex: Evidence from Leg 160
25. Recent changes in Eastern Mediterranean deep waters
26. Geological evidence concerning compressional tectonics in the East Mediterranean
27. Gypsum precipitation from cold brines in an anoxic basin in the Eastern Mediterranean
28. Deep evaporite basins on the inner unit of the Mediterranean accretionary complex
29. A transverse scar from a subducting seamount beneath the Mediterranean Ridge
30. Salty brines on the Mediterranean sea floor
31. Sedimentation and formation of secondary minerals in the hypersaline Discovery Basin, eastern Mediterranean
32. Three brine lakes discovered in the seafloor of the eastern Mediterranean
33. Brine lakes and thermal anomalies in the sea floor and bottom water of the western Mediterranean Ridge
34. Excess helium and argon of radiogenic origin in Mediterranean brine basins