Open AccessLinking Mediterranean brine pools and mud volcanism
Author(s) -
Medinaut Medineth Shipboard Scientific Parties
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo081i051p00625-02
Subject(s) - geology , earth science , volcanism , abiogenic petroleum origin , methane , mud volcano , seafloor spreading , volcano , global warming , geochemistry , oceanography , climate change , paleontology , ecology , tectonics , biology
Methane seepage at mud volcanoes around the world continues to be of broad international interest for a number of reasons. Among these, seafloor methane is a potentially important contributor to global warming. In addition, dewatering and degassing of sediments and the formation of fluid migration pathways is important not only to sedimentologists, but also to hydrocarbon reservoir engineers and hydrologists.