Salt diapirs, salt brine seeps, pockmarks and surficial sediment creep and slides in the Canary Channel off NW Africa

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-57

  Acosta, Juan ^a   Uchupi, E ^b   Munoz A ^a   Herranz, P ^a   Palomo, C ^a   Ballesteros, M ^a   Carbo A ^c   Munoz Martin A ^c   Martin Davila J ^d   Catalan M ^d   Marin J A ^d   Perez Carrillo F ^e   Mate C ^e  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Real Observatorio de la Armada   (Spain)

^e Instituto Hidrografico de la Marina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Channel; Fluid seepage; Mounds; Multibeam mapping; Salt diapirism

Indexed keywords

BRINES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MICROTROPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; SEAFLOOR; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

LANDSLIDES;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CREEP; DIAPIR; SALT DOME; SLIDING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY BASIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23344436371     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-004-1161-7     Document Type: Article

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