Mud volcanoes in the Alboran Sea: Evidence from micropaleontological and geophysical data

Marine Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 237-261

  Sautkin, A ^a   Talukder, A R ^b   Comas, M C ^b   Soto, J I ^b   Alekseev, A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Calcareous nannofossils; Mediterranean; Mud diapirs; Mud volcanoes

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SONAR; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

MUD DIAPIRS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; DIAPIR; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MUD VOLCANO; NANOFOSSIL; OLISTOSTROME; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0242500739     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00691-6     Document Type: Article

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