Seabed fluid expulsion along the upper slope and outer shelf of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-101

  Brothers, D S ^a   Ruppel, C ^a   Kluesner, J W ^b   Ten Brink, U S ^a   Chaytor, J D ^a   Hill, J C ^c   Andrews, B D ^a   Flores, C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

attribute analysis; fluid expulsion; gas hydrate; pockmark; seismic stratigraphy; submarine landslide

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; POCKMARK; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

FLUIDIZATION; GASES; HYDRATION; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE STABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATES;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLUTION; FLUID EXPULSION; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; WATER DEPTH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896739017     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058048     Document Type: Article

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