Quantifying submarine fluid seep activity along the North Anatolian Fault Zone in the Sea of Marmara

Marine Geology

Volumn 315-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-28

  Tryon, Michael D ^a   Henry, Pierre ^b   Hilton, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Fault zone processes; Fluid seeps; Hydrotectonics; Marine geochemistry; Marine hydrogeology; Marmara Sea; Methane seeps; North Anatolian Fault; Pore fluid

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; HYDROTECTONICS; MARMARA SEA; METHANE SEEP; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PORE FLUIDS;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; METHANE;

FAULTING;

FAULT ZONE; FLOWMETER; FLUID FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; METHANE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEEPAGE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSTENSION; VENTING;

ANATOLIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 84862980818     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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