Shallow stratigraphic control on pockmark distribution in north temperate estuaries

Marine Geology

Volumn 329-331, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-45

  Brothers, Laura L ^a   Kelley, Joseph T ^a   Belknap, Daniel F ^a   Barnhardt, Walter A ^b   Andrews, Brian D ^b   Legere, Christine ^c   Hughes Clarke, John E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Gulf of Maine; Methane; Pockmarks; Redoximorphic features; Swath bathymetry

Indexed keywords

BAY OF FUNDY; GULF OF MAINE; POCKMARKS; REDOXIMORPHIC FEATURES; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ACCIDENTS; BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METHANE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ESTUARIES;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GAS FLOW; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHANE; PALEOSOL; POCKMARK; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 84870065682     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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