Origin of lipid biomarkers in mud volcanoes from the Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean
Mud volcanoes (MVs) are the most prominent indicators of active methane/hydrocarbon venting at the seafloor on both passive and active continental margins. Their occurrence in the western Mediterranean is patent at the West Alboran Basin, where numerous MVs develop overlaying a major sedimentary dep...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-06-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/3187/2014/bg-11-3187-2014.pdf |