Mud volcanoes, gas chimneys, pockmarks and mounds in the Nile deep-sea fan (Eastern Mediterranean): Geophysical evidences

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 669-689

  Loncke, Lies ^a   Mascle, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Mud volcanoes; Pockmarks; Salt tectonics

Indexed keywords

GAS CHIMNEYS; MUD VOLCANOES; POCKMARKS;

CHIMNEYS; FLUIDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TURBIDITY;

VOLCANOES;

DEEP SEA; FLUID FLOW; GAS SEEPAGE; MUD VOLCANO; POCKMARK; SALT TECTONICS; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 3042682490     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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