Geology, geography and global energy

Scientific and Technical Journal

SPREAD OF MUD VOLCANOES IN THE WORLD

2020. №4, pp. 9-21

Glebova Lyubov V. - Lomonosov Moscow State University, lvglebova@mail.ru

Mikhailova Ekaterina A. - Lomonosov Moscow State University, eka_mich@mail.ru

On our planet there are many terrestrial and underwater volcanic buildings located in our country and abroad. The development of mud volcanoes takes place in areas associated with foothill and intermountain troughs, accumulation of clay sediments with ultrahigh reservoir pressures, timed to oil and gas basins, elysion systems. In mud volcanoes constantly alternate periods of eruption with periods of relative rest. According to the study of terrestrial and underwater mud volcanoes of the Crimean-Caucasian and South Caspian regions, a number of morphogenetic types associated with diapira (clay, sandy, conglomerateogsmile); cone-shaped buildings made of mudcut cover; volcanoes forming half-a-day cover; dips of mud-lingan construction (crushed synclins, crater lakes). The work is well-founded in the location of the mud-encountered province of the Taman Peninsula in terms of oil and gas theory of mud volcanoes formation. Volcanoes in the area are numerous, diverse in structure and morphological types. Mud volcanoes on the Taman Peninsula are found both on the ground and in the sea, attracting scientific interest.

Key words: mud volcano, intermountain depressions, ultrahigh reservoir pressures, oil and gas basin, eruption frequency, morphological type, clay diapir, coneshaped structure, semiliquid cover, mudvolcanic structure failure, scientific interest, depressed synclines,

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