Giant pockmarks in a carbonate platform (Maldives, Indian Ocean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Betzler, Christian ^a   Lindhorst, Sebastian ^a   Hübscher, Christian ^a   Lüdmann, Thomas ^a   Fürstenau, Jörn ^a   Reijmer, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Indian Ocean; Maldives; Pockmark

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; BRIGHT SPOTS; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CARBONATE PRECIPITATES; CIRCULAR STRUCTURES; CROSS SECTION; DEEP WATER; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; DRIFT SEDIMENTS; FLUID MIGRATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRESH-WATER; HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS; INDIAN OCEAN; INSTANTANEOUS FREQUENCY; INTERVAL VELOCITY; LACUSTRINE SOURCE ROCKS; LATE STAGE; MALDIVES; MULTI-BEAM; MULTI-CHANNEL; OLIGOCENE; POCKMARK; REFLECTION AMPLITUDE; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR DEFORMATION; SEISMIC SECTIONS; SHALLOW-WATER; TRUNCATED CONE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHIMNEYS; FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CARBONATION;

AMPLITUDE; BOTTOM CURRENT; CARBONATE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEEP WATER; DIAGENESIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MUD VOLCANO; OLIGOCENE; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER; SINKHOLE; SOURCE ROCK;

INDIAN OCEAN; MALDIVES;

EID: 80054703706     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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