Structural setting and tectonic control of mud volcanoes from the Central Mediterranean Ridge (Eastern Mediterranean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 245-263

  Huguen, Caroline ^a   Mascle, Jean ^a   Chaumillon, Eric ^b   Kopf, Achim ^c   Woodside, John ^d   Zitter, Tiphaine ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central Mediterranean Ridge; Eastern Mediterranean; mud volcanoes; tectonics

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; MUD CONSTRUCTION;

BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

CLASSIFICATION; EXTRUSION; MUD VOLCANO; TECTONIC SETTING;

MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 4344666268     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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