Gas and fluid venting at the Makran accretionary wedge off Pakistan

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-19

  Von Rad, U ^a   Berner, U ^a   Delisle, G ^a   Doose Rolinski, H ^a   Fechner, N ^a   Linke, P ^b   Luckge A ^a   Roeser, H A ^a   Schmaljohann, R ^b   Wiedicke, M ^a   Block, M ^a   Damm, V ^a   Erbacher, J ^a   Fritsch, J ^a   Harazim, B ^a   Poggenburg, J ^a   Scheeder, G ^a   Schreckenberger, B ^a   Von Mirbach, N ^b   Drews, M ^b   Walter, S ^b   Ali Khan, A ^c   Inam, A ^c   Tahir, M ^c   Tabrez, A R ^c   Cheema, A H ^d   Pervaz, M ^d   Ashraf, M ^e   more..

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^d Hydrocarbon Devmt Inst of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^e Off Deputy Hydrographer Pakistan N   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEWATERING; GAS HYDRATE; TECTONICS; VENTING;

ARABIAN SEA; MAKRAN ACCRETIONARY WEDGE;

EID: 12944281751     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670000033     Document Type: Article

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