Multifrequency geoacoustic imaging of fluid escape structures offshore Costa Rica: Implications for the quantification of seep processes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Klaucke, Ingo ^a   Masson, Douglas G ^b   C Jorg Petersen ^a,c   Weinrebe, Wilhelm ^a   Ranero, César R ^a,d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold seeps; Costa Rica; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749104881     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001708     Document Type: Article

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