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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-28T09:08:05Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-28T09:08:05Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2122/12091 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Data acquired by an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) towing a source (1600– 3500 Hz) and a horizontal array of hydrophones have been analysed to image discrete, isolated or even a small cluster of scatterers within the sediment, to determine shallow migration paths of hydrocarbons in a mud volcano system of the Malta Plateau. An algorithm based on a semblance function was applied to the acoustic data to highlight scatterers rather than interface reflections. The resulting scatterer map, obtained along the AUV track, generated a pseudo-three-dimensional coverage of the study area, with a horizontal and vertical resolution of roughly 3–5 m and 5–10 m, respectively. This map was combined with high-resolution bathymetric and backscattering seafloor maps obtained from previous explorations. This integrated dataset provides new evidence for the role of fault zones as a preferential path for gas/fluid migration and reveals the intermittent activity of seeping gas. The data show, in particular, that gas bubble slugs, i.e. discontinuous gas columns, rise through Plio-Quaternary sediments along a complex system of conduits terminating at the surface into quiescent mud volcanoes. The gas flux is facilitated by the regional stress field that results in dilatant conditions on the mapped fault zones. | en |
dc.language.iso | English | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Near Surface Geophysics | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | / 16(2018) | en |
dc.title | Imaging shallow gas migration pathways in a mud‐volcano province using an autonomous underwater vehicle (Malta Plateau, Mediterranean Sea) | en |
dc.type | article | en |
dc.description.status | Published | en |
dc.type.QualityControl | Peer-reviewed | en |
dc.description.pagenumber | 681-699 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/nsg.12017 | en |
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico | 6A. Geochimica per l'ambiente e geologia medica | en |
dc.description.journalType | JCR Journal | en |
dc.contributor.author | Savini, A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pinson, S. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bistacchi, A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Etiope, Giuseppe | en |
dc.contributor.author | Holland, C. W. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia | en |
item.openairetype | article | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.grantfulltext | restricted | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Dip. Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Universita` di Milano-Bicocca, P.za della Scienza 4, 20126 Milano, Italy | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Dipartimento di Geologia e Geotecnologia, Università di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia | - |
crisitem.author.dept | The Pennsylvania State University, Applied Research Laboratory, State College, | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-5818-5947 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-0139-2785 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0001-8614-4221 | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | - |
crisitem.department.parentorg | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | - |
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