Gas seeps linked to salt structures in the central adriatic sea

Basin Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-487

  Geletti, Riccardo ^a   Del Ben, Anna ^b   Busetti, Martina ^a   Ramella, Riccardo ^a   Volpi, Valentina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EVAPORITE; GAS SEEPAGE; GEODYNAMICS; POCKMARK; SALT TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC METHOD; TRIASSIC;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 57049174040     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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