The Makran accretionary wedge: Sediment thicknesses and ages and the origin of mud volcanoes

Marine Geology

Volumn 185, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 219-232

  Schluter H U ^a   Prexl, A ^a   Gaedicke, C ^a   Roeser, H ^a   Reichert, C ^a   Meyer, H ^a   Von Daniels, C ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Arabian Sea; Convergent margin; Makran; Mud diapirs; Reflection seismics; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGES;

SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARABIAN PLATE; CENOZOIC; CONVERGENT MARGIN; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0037198952     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00192-5     Document Type: Article

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