Geophysical evidence for gas geohazards off Iskenderun Bay, SE Turkey

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1255-1264

  García García, Ana ^a   Orange, Daniel L ^a,b   Maher, Norman M ^b   Heffernan, Adam S ^b   Fortier, Gary S ^c   Malone, Andy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AOA Geophysics   (United States)

^c El Paso Production   (United States)

^d Gardline Environmental Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic anomalies; East Mediterranean Sea; Geohazards; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

GAS GEOHAZARDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SEAFLOOR;

ACOUSTICS; DRILLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ANOMALY; GAS HYDRATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HATAY; ISKENDERUN BAY; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 10144227818     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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