The thermal structure of the Dvurechenskii mud volcano and its implications for gas hydrate stability and eruption dynamics

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1812-1823

  Feseker, T ^a,b   Pape, T ^c   Wallmann, K ^d   Klapp, S A ^c   Schmidt Schierhorn, F ^c   Bohrmann, G ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Black Sea; Gas hydrates; Mud volcano; Temperature measurements

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; BLACK SEA; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT PRODUCTION; IN-SITU; MUD VOLCANO; MUD VOLCANOES; SEEPAGE RATE; SOROKIN TROUGH; STABILITY LIMIT; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

DISSOCIATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; HYDRATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THERMOANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

GAS HYDRATES;

FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; HEAT FLOW; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEEPAGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; SOROKIN TROUGH;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; DASHEEN MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 70350025386     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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