Vodyanitskii mud volcano, Sorokin trough, Black Sea: Geological characterization and quantification of gas bubble streams

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1799-1811

  Sahling, Heiko ^a   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^a   Artemov, Yuriy G ^b   Bahr, André ^c   Brüning, Markus ^a   Klapp, Stephan A ^a   Klaucke, Ingo ^c   Kozlova, Elena ^d   Nikolovska, Aneta ^a   Pape, Thomas ^a   Reitz, Anja ^c   Wallmann, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bubble emanation; Fluid seepage; Methane flux; Mud volcanism

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BLACK SEA; BOTTOM WATER; BUBBLE EMANATION; DEEP SOURCES; DIRECT OBSERVATION; DISSOLVED METHANE; ECHO SOUNDERS; FLOWTHROUGH; GAS BUBBLE; GAS FLUX; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE FLUX; MICROBIAL ORIGINS; MUD FLOW; MUD VOLCANISM; MUD VOLCANOES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SIDE SCAN SONAR; SOROKIN TROUGH; WATER COLUMNS;

ABSTRACTING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; METHANE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WATER;

VOLCANOES;

BUBBLE; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; MUDFLOW; SEEPAGE; VOLCANISM;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; SOROKIN TROUGH;

EID: 70350009732     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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