Vast fields of hydrocarbon-derived carbonate chimneys related to the accretionary wedge/olistostrome of the Gulf of Cádiz

Marine Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 177-200

  Diaz del Rio V ^a   Somoza, L ^b   Martinez Frias J ^c   Mata, M P ^d   Delgado, A ^e   Hernandez Molina, F J ^d   Lunar, R ^f   Martin Rubi J A ^b   Maestro, A ^b   Fernandez Puga M C ^b   Leon R ^b   Llave, E ^b   Medialdea, T ^b   Vazquez J T ^d  

^a F   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedges, Gulf of C diz; Carbonate chimneys; Hydrocarbon seeps; Microbial chemosynthesis; Mounds

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CHIMNEYS; HYDROCARBONS; IRON OXIDES; METHANE; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER CAMERAS;

ACCRETIONARY WEDGES;

GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CARBONATE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MUD MOUND; OLISTOSTROME; VENTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 0242417409     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00687-4     Document Type: Article

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