Mud volcanism and diapirism have puzzled geoscientists for∼ 2 centuries. They have been
described onshore and offshore in many places on Earth, and although they occur in various …

The list of known and inferred submarine mud volcanoes is presented in this paper. They
occur worldwide on shelves, continental and insular slopes and in the abyssal parts of …

Submarine mud volcanoes are point sources of fluid expulsion and oases of active
geological, geochemical, and microbial processes in the deep ocean. The results of …

Submarine mud volcanoes are formed by expulsions of mud, fluids, and gases from deeply
buried subsurface sources. They are highly reduced benthic habitats and often associated …

The assessment of climate change factors includes a constraint of methane sources and
sinks. Although marine geological sources are recognized as significant, unfortunately, most …

Two mud volcano fields were explored during the French–Dutch MEDINAUT cruise (1998)
with the submersible NAUTILE, one south of Crete along the Mediteranean Ridge at about …

Cold seeps can support unique faunal communities via chemosynthetic interactions fueled
by seabed emissions of hydrocarbons. Additionally, cold seeps can enhance habitat …

ABSTRACT During the European Commission's Framework Six Programme, HERMES, we
investigated three main areas along the European margin, each characterized by the …

Submarine hydrocarbon seeps are geologically driven" hotspots" of increased biological
activity on the seabed. As part of the HERMES project, several sites of natural hydrocarbon …

A giant pockmark colonised by dense cold‐seep assemblages near 3160 m depth along the
Congo‐Angola margin has been surveyed by the ROV Victor 6000. The quantitative …