Classification of mud volcanoes in the South Caspian Basin, offshore Azerbaijan

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 965-975

  Yusifov, Mehdi ^a   Rabinowitz, Philip D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mud volcanoes; Seismic data; South Caspian Basin

Indexed keywords

AREAL DISTRIBUTION; MAYKOP; MUD VOLCANISMS;

DATA COMPRESSION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MUD LOGGING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHALE; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

MUD VOLCANO; OVERPRESSURE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CASPIAN SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11144276684     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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