Distribution and geological control of mud volcanoes and other fluid/free gas seepage features in the Mediterranean Sea and nearby Gulf of Cadiz

J Mascle, F Mary, D Praeg, L Brosolo, L Camera… - Geo-Marine Letters, 2014‏ - Springer
Existing knowledge on the distribution of mud volcanoes (MVs) and other significant
fluid/free gas-venting features (mud cones, mud pies, mud-brine pools, mud carbonate …

[كتاب][B] Seabed fluid flow: the impact on geology, biology and the marine environment

A Judd, M Hovland - 2009‏ - books.google.com
Seabed fluid flow involves the flow of gases and liquids through the seabed. Such fluids
have been found to leak through the seabed into the marine environment in seas and …

The evolution of the westernmost Mediterranean basins

LG de la Peña, CR Ranero, E Gràcia… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Based on more than 4,500 km of new and re-processed multichannel seismic lines, high-
resolution seafloor bathymetry, available well data, and basement dredge samples, we have …

Gaia's breath—global methane exhalations

KA Kvenvolden, BW Rogers - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Methane (CH4) is the most abundant organic compound in the Earth's atmosphere, where it
acts as a greenhouse gas and thus has implications for global climate change. The current …

The rif belt

A Chalouan, A Michard, KE Kadiri, F Negro… - … evolution: The geology …, 2008‏ - Springer
The Rif Belt belongs to a much larger orogen, ie the Betic-Rif-Tell orogen, which itself is part
of the still larger Mediterranean Alpine belts (Fig. 5.1; see also Chap. 1.1, Fig. 1.2). The Rif …

[كتاب][B] Mediterranean voyages: the archaeology of island colonisation and abandonment

H Dawson - 2016‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Islands are ideal case studies for exploring social connectivity, episodes of colonisation,
abandonment, and alternating phases of cultural interaction and isolation. Their societies …

Distribution and characters of the mud diapirs and mud volcanoes off southwest Taiwan

SC Chen, SK Hsu, Y Wang, SH Chung… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
In order to identify the mud diapirs and mud volcanoes off SW Taiwan, we have examined∼
1500 km long MCS profiles and related marine geophysical data. Our results show ten quasi …

Proposal for a mechanical model of mobile shales

JI Soto, M Heidari, MR Hudec - Scientific Reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Structural systems involving mobile shale represent one of the most difficult challenges for
geoscientists dedicated to exploring the subsurface structure of continental margins. Mobile …

Tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of the Western Alboran Sea Basin in the last 25 Myrs

D Do Couto, C Gorini, L Jolivet, N Lebret, R Augier… - Tectonophysics, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Western Alboran Basin (WAB) formation has always been the subject of debate
and considered either as a back-arc or a forearc basin. Stratigraphic analyses of high …

Structure of mud volcano systems and pockmarks in the region of the Ceuta Contourite Depositional System (Western Alborán Sea)

L Somoza, T Medialdea, R León, G Ercilla, JT Vázquez… - Marine Geology, 2012‏ - Elsevier
New high-resolution seismic and swath bathymetry data reveal the detailed structure of nine
mud volcanoes and two large fields of pockmarks at water depths of 400–1100m in the …