Mud volcanoes and gas hydrates in the Anaximander mountains (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 854-872

  Lykousis, V ^a   Alexandri, S ^a   Woodside, J ^b   de Lange, G ^c   Dahlmann A ^c   Perissoratis, C ^d   Heeschen, K ^f   Ioakim, Chr ^d   Sakellariou, D ^a   Nomikou, P ^a   Rousakis, G ^a   Casas, D ^e   Ballas, D ^a   Ercilla, G ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaximander Mountains; Eastern Mediterranean; Gas hydrates; Mud volcanoes

Indexed keywords

AMSTERDAM; ANAXIMANDER MOUNTAINS; ASH LAYERS; BACKSCATTER DATUM; BACKSCATTER INTENSITIES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HYDRATE FORMATIONS; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE HOLOCENE; METHANE GAS; MIOCENE; MUD FLOWS; MUD VOLCANISMS; MUD VOLCANOES; MULTIBEAM; PALEOCENE; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS; ROUGH ESTIMATIONS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS; STUDY AREAS; THESSALONIKI; TRACK LENGTHS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; BACKSCATTERING; FORESTRY; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HYDRATION; LIMESTONE; METHANE; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVEYS;

VOLCANOES;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRECCIA; CHRONOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAS HYDRATE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HOLOCENE; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 67349286469     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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