Sublacustrine mud volcanoes and methane seeps caused by dissociation of gas hydrates in Lake Baikal

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 631-634

  Van Rensbergen, P ^a   De Batist, M ^a   Klerkx, J ^a   Hus, R ^a   Poort, J ^a   Vanneste, M ^a   Granin, N ^a   Khlystov, O ^a   Krinitsky, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; Hydrothermal vents; Lake Baikal; Methane; Mud volcanoes; Seepage

Indexed keywords

VOLCANISM;

BATHYMETRY; GAS HYDRATES; LAKES; METHANE; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATE; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; SEEPAGE; SEISMIC DATA;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84879882093     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0631:SMVAMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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