Fluid and gas expulsion on the northern gulf of Mexico continental slope: Mud-prone to mineral-prone responses

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 124, Issue , 2000, Pages 145-161

  Roberts, Harry H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15944376587     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM124p0145     Document Type: Chapter

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