New discoveries of mud volcanoes on the Moroccan Atlantic continental margin (Gulf of Cádiz): Morpho-structural characterization

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 473-488

  León, Ricardo ^a   Somoza, Luis ^a   Medialdea, Teresa ^a   Vázquez, Juan Tomás ^b   González, Francisco Javier ^a   López González, Nieves ^b   Casas, David ^a   del Pilar Mata, María ^a   del Fernández Puga, María Carmen ^c   Giménez Moreno, Carmen Julia ^d   Díaz del Río, Víctor ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRAVITY CORE; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; LANDSLIDING; MUD VOLCANOES; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

VOLCANOES;

BRECCIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; MUD VOLCANO; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; MOROCCO;

EID: 84869193439     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-012-0275-1     Document Type: Article

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