Shallow gas off the Rhône prodelta, Gulf of Lions

Marine Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 215-231

  Garcia Garcia A ^a,b   Orange, D ^a,b   Lorenson, T ^c   Radakovitch, O ^d   Tesi, T ^e   Miserocchi, S ^e   Berne S ^f   Friend, P L ^g   Nittrouer, C ^h   Normand, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AOA Geophysics Inc   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CEREGE   (France)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f IFREMER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

biogenic methane; flood deposits; Gulf of Lions; Rh ne prodelta; shallow gas

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC METHANE; FLOOD DEPOSITS; GULF OF LIONS; RHONE PRODELTA; SHALLOW GAS;

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; FLOODS; METHANE; OXIDATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

GASES;

ACCUMULATION; CORE ANALYSIS; FLOOD DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751549009     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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