Shallow gas and flood deposition on the Po Delta

Marine Geology

Volumn 222-223, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 159-177

  Orange, D ^a,b   Garcia Garcia A ^a,b   Lorenson, T ^c   Nittrouer, C ^d   Milligan, T ^e   Miserocchi, S ^f   Langone, L ^f   Correggiari, A ^f   Trincardi, F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AOA Geophysics Inc   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^f ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Biogenic methane; Flocculated fraction; Flood deposits; Po delta; Shallow gas

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC OXIDATION; FLOOD DEPOSITION; PRODELTA; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES;

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS;

FLOODS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FLOOD DEPOSIT; METHANE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PILA;

EID: 27644457045     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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