Complex BSR pattern in the Yaquina Basin off Peru

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-101

  Ḧubscher, Christian ^a   Kukowski, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; FOREARC BASIN; GAS HYDRATE; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344441296     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0128-z     Document Type: Article

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