Natural oil and gas seeps on the Black Sea floor |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">R?P?KruglyakovaEmail author Y?A?Byakov M?V?Kruglyakova L?A?Chalenko N?T?Shevtsova |
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| Institution: | (1) Enterprise Okeangeofizika, Krymskya Str. 18, Gelendzhik, Russia;(2) Yuzhmorgeologia, Federal Scientific Centre, Krymskya Str. 20, 353461 Gelendzhik, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Migration of hydrocarbons to the seafloor in the Black Sea occurs via direct seepages, mud volcanoes, and development of fluidized sediment flows (e.g., diapers). Gas migration occurs on the shelf, continental slope, and abyssal plain. Gas hydrates are spatially related to gas accumulations and are present in shallow subsurface sediment layers. Their distribution is controlled by the activity of mud volcanoes. In regions of methane seepages, specific biogeochemical processes related to the activity of methane-oxidizing bacteria are evident. This activity results in the formation of diagenetic minerals (carbonates, sulfides, sulfates, phosphates and other minerals). |
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