Combustion metamorphism in the Nabi Musa dome: new implications for a mud volcanic origin of the Mottled Zone, Dead Sea area

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-438

  Sokol, E ^a   Novikov, I ^a   Zateeva, S ^a   Vapnik, Ye ^b   Shagam, R ^b   Kozmenko, O ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LAVA DOME; MOBILIZATION; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

DEAD SEA; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MUSA;

EID: 77955133377     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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