Acoustic evidence of shallow gas accumulations and active pockmarks in the İzmir Gulf, Aegean sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1505-1516

  Dondurur, Derman ^a   Çifçi, Günay ^a   Drahor, Mahmut Göktuĝ ^a   Coşkun, Süleyman ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fault associated seepage; Gas chimneys; Gas seepages; Mud diapirs; Pockmarks; Protracted seep model

Indexed keywords

FAULT-ASSOCIATED SEEPAGE; GAS SEEPAGES; MUD DIAPIRS; POCKMARKS; PROTRACTED SEEP MODEL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATHYMETRY; CHIMNEYS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SURVEYS; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

GASES;

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; DEGASSING; DIAPIR; EROSION; FAULT PLANE; GAS SEEPAGE; PLUME; POCKMARK; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMICITY; SIDESCAN SONAR;

AEGEAN SEA; GEDIZ RIVER; IZMIR [TURKEY]; IZMIR BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 79960397921     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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