Dive site geology: DSV ALVIN (2006) and ROV JASON II (2007) dives to the middle-lower continental slope, northern Gulf of Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 21-23, 2010, Pages 1837-1858

  Roberts, H H ^a   Shedd, W ^b   Hunt, J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Ocean Energy Management   (United States)

^c MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dive site geology; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbon seeps; Seismic data

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC DATA; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BRINE FLOW; CHEMOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; CHIRP SONAR; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA SETS; DIVE SITE GEOLOGY; GEOLOGIC ANALYSIS; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; POTENTIAL SITES; SAMPLED SITES; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC DATAS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SURFACE ATTRIBUTES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER DEPTH;

BATHYMETRY; CARBONATES; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SITE SELECTION; SONAR; SUBMERSIBLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT; WAVE POWER;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

AUTHIGENESIS; BATHYMETRY; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA SET; HYDROCARBON SEEP; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; RESOLUTION; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 78349233456     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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