Bubble growth and rise in soft sediments

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 517-520

  Boudreau, Bernard P ^a   Algar, Chris ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a   Croudace, Ian ^b   Reed, Allen ^c   Furukawa, Yoko ^c   Dorgan, Kelley M ^d   Jumars, Peter A ^d   Grader, Abraham S ^e   Gardiner, Bruce S ^f  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Fracture; Methane; Mud

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE GROWTH; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; SEAFLOOR; SOFT SEDIMENTS;

BUBBLE FORMATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTS;

BUBBLE; CAVITATION; GAS HYDRATE; POCKMARK; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20444451617     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21259.1     Document Type: Article

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