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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Main Authors: C. López-Rodríguez, A. Stadnitskaia, G. J. De Lange, F. Martínez-Ruíz, M. Comas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-06-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/3187/2014/bg-11-3187-2014.pdf