Stratigraphic framework of gas accumulations in the Ría de Pontevedra (NW Spain)

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 77-88

  Durán, Ruth ^a,b   García Gil, Soledad ^a   Diez, Raquel ^a   Vilas, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GAS ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENTARY INFILL; TRANSGRESSION;

METHANE;

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HOLOCENE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; RIA DE PONTEVEDRA; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34250186028     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0063-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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