Mud volcanoes at the shelf margin of the East China Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 194, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 135-149

  Yin, P ^a   Berne S ^b   Vagner, P ^c   Loubrieu, B ^b   Liu, Z ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Deep water reef; East China Sea; Fluid escape; Mud volcano; Okinawa Trough; Pockmark

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DEEP-WATER REEFS;

VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MUD VOLCANO; POCKMARK; SEEPAGE; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH;

EID: 0037445420     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00678-3     Document Type: Article

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