Large-scale elongated gas blowouts along the U.S. Atlantic margin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Hill, Jenna C ^a   Driscoll, Neal W ^a   Weissel, Jeffrey K ^b   Goff, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; Fluid expulsion; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; OVERBURDEN; POCKMARK;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10044225893     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB002969     Document Type: Article

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