Cyclic activity of mud volcanoes: Evidences from Trinidad (SE Caribbean)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1681-1691

  Deville, E ^a   Guerlais, S H ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Mud volcano cycle eruption temperature

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; COOLING EFFECTS; CYCLIC PHASIS; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; DAILY CHANGE; DYNAMIC FLUIDS; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; GAS FLUX; HIGH FREQUENCY; HISTORICAL DATA; MIGRATION DYNAMICS; MUD VOLCANO CYCLE ERUPTION TEMPERATURE; MUD VOLCANOES; PRESSURE REGIME; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TIME-PERIODS; TRINIDAD; TUBE-LIKE;

LAKES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOANALYSIS;

VOLCANOES;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CYCLICITY; MUD VOLCANO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 70350033712     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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