High-resolution surveys for geohazards and shallow gas: NW Adriatic (Italy) and Iskenderun Bay (Turkey)

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 247-266

  Orange, Daniel L ^a,b   García García, Ana ^a   McConnell, Dan ^c   Lorenson, Tom ^d   Fortier, Gary ^e   Trincardi, Fabio ^f   Can, Emrah ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Marine Geoscience Division   (United States)

^c AOA Geophysics   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e El Paso Production   (United States)

^f ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^g TURKISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Adriatic; Geohazards; Iskenderun Bay; Po Delta; Shallow gas; Southern Turkey

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; GASES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

GEOHAZARDS; SHALLOW GAS; TURKEY;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

GAS; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HATAY; ISKENDERUN BAY; ITALY; PO DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; VENETO;

EID: 31044431998     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-3722-9     Document Type: Article

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