Deep-towed side-scan survey of the United Nations Rise, eastern Mediterranean |
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| Authors: | A F Limonov M K Ivanov J-P Foucher |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia, RU;(2) IFREMER – Centre de Brest, B.P. 70-29280 Plouzané Cedex, France, FR |
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| Abstract: | A newly discovered area of mud volcanism, about 170 km south of Crete, in the central–eastern part of the Mediterranean Ridge,
was named the “United Nations Rise” (UNR). A survey of the UNR area with the deep-towed ORE tech side-scan sonar equipped
with a subbottom profiler revealed the presence of some mud volcanoes and also showed various other sea-floor features, including
slumps, escarpments and pockmark-type depressions. Several of our interpretations were ground-truthed by coring. The UNR area
appears to belong to the Inner deformation front of the Mediterranean Ridge. |
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