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    Late Quaternary Seismic Stratigraphy of the Eastern Bengal Shelf (1998)
    Springer
    Marine geophysical researches 20 (1998), S. 57-71 
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    ISSN: 1573-0581
    Keywords: Bengal Shelf ; seismic stratigraphy ; Parasound ; Late Quaternary ; subaqueous delta ; lowstand delta
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Abstract An ultra-high-resolution seismic study of the eastern Bengal Shelf with the parametric narrow-beam echosounder Parasound allows the interpretation of late Quaternary depositional patterns in terms of seismic stratigraphy. Accommodation space was still present on the outer shelf during the last lowstand, where a prograding delta developed in the western survey area. Oolitic beach ridges were later formed on top of this lowstand delta. Farther east, large parts of the shelf were exposed to subaerial erosion and a river system extended seaward across the area. A subaqueous highstand delta prograded southwards following the maximum transgression about 7,000 years ago. Its foreset beds exhibit acoustic voids very likely generated by sediment liquefaction, possibly caused by episodic energetic events such as major cyclones and/or earthquakes. Bottomset sediments extend seaward close to the shelf break in the west, whereas no Holocene sediments cover the outer shelf in the east.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004375908399
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    Hydrothermal activity and metallogenesis in the Lau back-arc basin (1991)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 349 (1991), S. 778-781 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] The Lau Basin is a typical example of an active back-arc basin between a remnant (Lau ridge) and an active volcanic arc (Tofua volcanic arc) (Fig. la). The northern spreading axis at the centre of the basin consists of tholeiitic basalt. The southern segment, located 75 km closer to the Tofua ...
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/349778a0
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    Gas and fluid venting at the Makran accretionary wedge off Pakistan (2000)
    Springer
    Geo-marine letters 20 (2000), S. 10-19 
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    ISSN: 1432-1157
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences
    Notes: Abstract The Makran accretionary complex shows a distinct bottom-simulating reflector, indicating a thick gas-hydrate-bearing horizon between the deformational front and about 1350 m water depth which seals off the upward flow of gas-charged fluids. A field of presently inactive mud diapirs with elevations up to 65 m was discovered in the abyssal plain seawards of the deformation front, suggesting that in the past conditions were favorable for periodic but localized vigorous mud diapirism. Regional destabilization of the gas hydrate leading to focused flow was observed where deep-penetrating, active faults reach the base of the gas-hydrate layer, as in a deeply incised submarine canyon (2100–2500 m water depth). At this location we discovered seeps of methane and H2S-rich fluids associated with chemoautotrophic vent faunas (e.g., Calyptogena sp.). Driven by the accretionary wedge dynamics, the landward part of the gas-hydrate layer below the Makran margin is being progressively uplifted. Due to reduced hydrostatic pressure and rising ocean bottom-water temperatures, gas hydrates are progressively destabilized and dissociated into hydrate water, methane and H2S. Sediment temperatures lie outside the methane stability field wherever water depth is less than 800 m. Above this depth, upward migration of fluids to the seafloor is unimpeded, thus explaining the abundance of randomly distributed gas seeps observed at water depths of 350 to 800 m.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003670000033
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