Cenozoic mud volcano activity along the Indus Fan: offshore Pakistan

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 398-413

  Calves G ^a   Schwab, A M ^b   Huuse, M ^a   van Rensbergen, P ^c   Clift, P D ^a   Tabrez, A R ^d   Inam, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Marathon Oil UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOCENTER; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MIOCENE; MUD VOLCANO; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS FAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77955146553     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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