Seep mounds on the Southern Vøring Plateau (offshore Norway)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1235-1261

  Ivanov, Michael ^a   Mazzini, Adriano ^b   Blinova, Valentina ^a   Kozlova, Elena ^a   Laberg, Jan Sverre ^c   Matveeva, Tatiana ^d   Taviani, Marco ^e   Kaskov, Nikita ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemosynthetic fauna; Gas hydrates; Hydrocarbon gases; Methane derived carbonates; Seep structures; V ring Plateau

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BACTERIAL COLONIES; BIOGENIC ORIGINS; BOTTOM WATER; DEEP SEA; DRY COMPOSITIONS; FLUID DISCHARGE; GAS COMPOSITIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRO-CARBON GAS; HYDROCARBON GASES; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES; POGONOPHORA; PORE WATERS; SATURATED SEDIMENTS; SEA BOTTOM; SEEP STRUCTURES; SIDE SCAN SONAR; SUBBOTTOM PROFILERS;

ANIMALS; CARBONATES; GASES; HYDRATION; LASERS; METHANATION; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

CARBONATE ROCK; FAUNA; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON SEEP; METHANE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEEPAGE; SIDESCAN SONAR;

NORWAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA SP.; SOLEMYA; SOLEMYOIDA; THYASIRIDAE; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 77951497972     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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