Seafloor geological studies above active gas chimneys off Egypt (Central Nile Deep Sea Fan)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1146-1172

  Dupré, Stéphanie ^a   Woodside, John ^a   Foucher, Jean Paul ^b   de Lange, Gert ^c   Mascle, Jean ^d   Boetius, Antje ^e   Mastalerz, Vincent ^c   Stadnitskaia, Alina ^f   Ondréas, Hélène ^b   Huguen, Caroline ^g   Harmégnies, François ^b   Gontharet, Swanne ^h   Loncke, Lies ⁱ   Deville, Eric ^j   Niemann, Helge ^e   Omoregie, Enoma ^e   Olu Le Roy, Karine ^b   Fiala Medioni, Aline ^k   Dählmann, Anke ^c   Caprais, Jean Claude ^b   Prinzhofer, Alain ^j   Sibuet, Myriam ^b   Pierre, Catherine ^h   Damsté, Jaap Sinninghe ^f   more..

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

ⁱ Universite d'Amiens   (France)

^j IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^k LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonate precipitation; Fluid seepage; Gas chimneys; Methane; Mud breccia; Mud volcanoes; Nile fan; Seafloor morphology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METHANE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEEPAGE; VOLCANOES;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; FLUID SEEPAGE; GAS CHIMNEYS; MUD BRECCIA; MUD VOLCANOES; NILE FAN; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBONATE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GAS; GEOLOGY; METHANE; MORPHOLOGY; MUD VOLCANO; SEAFLOOR; SEEPAGE; SUBMARINE FAN;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORGONACEA; OSIRIS;

EID: 34250702118     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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