Pockmarks, collapses and blind valleys in the Gulf of Cádiz

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 231-247

  León, Ricardo ^a   Somoza, Luís ^a   Medialdea, Teresa ^a   Hernández Molina, Francisco Javier ^c   Vázquez, Juan Tomás ^b   Díaz del Rio, Victor ^b   González, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE STRUCTURES; DIAPIRIC STRUCTURES; EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; FLUID MIGRATION; MIGRATION PATHWAY; OUTFLOW WATERS; SEA FLOOR; TECTONIC FRAMEWORK; TECTONIC REACTIVATION;

CALCIUM; COMPLEXATION; FLUIDS; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

COLLAPSE; DIAPIR; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUID EXPULSION; FLUID FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OUTFLOW; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; VALLEY; VENTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; SPAIN;

EID: 77953028799     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0169-z     Document Type: Article

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