Fluid seepage and mound formation offshore Costa Rica revealed by deep-towed sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler data

Marine Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 172-181

  Petersen, Carl Jörg ^a   Klaucke, Ingo ^b   Weinrebe, Wilhelm ^b   Ranero, César R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

carbonate; deep towed side scan sonar; fluid seepage; mound; mud diapir; sub bottom profiler

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CIRCULAR SHAPE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; COSTA RICA; DEEP-TOWED SIDE-SCAN SONAR; DIAPIRISM; EVOLUTION MECHANISM; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOACOUSTICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MOUND; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SIDE SCAN SONAR; VERTICAL GROWTH;

CARBONATION; FLUIDS; SEEPAGE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SONAR;

ACOUSTIC DATA; BACKSCATTER; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIAPIRISM; FRACTURE ZONE; GROWTH RATE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PROFILER; SEEPAGE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TOWED BODY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 72049084256     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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