Internal structure and eruptive history of a kilometre-scale mud volcano system, South Caspian Sea

Basin Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-163

  Evans, Robert J ^a   Davies, Richard J ^b   Stewart, Simon A ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 33847779112     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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