Acoustic investigation of cold seeps offshore Georgia, eastern Black Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 51-67

  Klaucke, Ingo ^a   Sahling, Heiko ^b   Weinrebe, Wilhelm ^a   Blinova, Valentina ^c   Bürk, Dietmar ^a   Lursmanashvili, Nona ^d   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Tbilissi State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Sea; cold seep; gas hydrates; Georgia; methane; sidescan sonar

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE GAS EMISSION; BLACK SEA; COLD SEEP; SIDESCAN SONAR;

CARBONATE MINERALS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS HYDRATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; VOLCANOES;

COASTAL ZONES;

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC METHOD; ANOMALY; BACKSCATTER; CANYON; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE; GAS HYDRATE; GAS SEEPAGE; SIDESCAN SONAR; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; BLACK SEA; EURASIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); KOBULETI RIDGE; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33748191195     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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