Near-surface sediment mobilization and methane venting in relation to hydrate destabilization in Southern Lake Baikal, Siberia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 216, Issue , 2003, Pages 207-221

  Van Rensbergen, Pieter ^a   Poort, Jeffrey ^a   Kipfer, Rolf ^b   De Batist, Marc ^a   Vanneste, Maarten ^a   Klerkx, Jean ^c   Granin, Nick ^d   Khlystov, Oleg ^d   Krinitsky, Petr ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAPIRISM; GAS HYDRATE; LAKE; METHANE; MOBILIZATION; MUD VOLCANO; OVERPRESSURE; SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0346964504     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.216.01.14     Document Type: Article

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