Three-dimensional seismic investigations of the Sevastopol mud volcano in correlation to gas/fluid migration pathways and indications for gas hydrate occurrences in the Sorokin Trough (Black Sea)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Wagner Friedrichs, M ^a,b   Krastel, S ^a,c   Spiess, V ^a   Ivanov, M ^d   Bohrmann, G ^a   Meisner, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

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

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e SSC Yuzhmorgeologiya   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

3 D seismic; Black Sea; Fluid migration; Gas hydrates; Mud volcanoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350030035     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001685     Document Type: Article

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