Mud Volcanoes, Geodynamics and Seismicity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Mud Volcanic Geology

   1. New Seismic Neogene Clay Diapirs and Hydrocarbon Implications in the North-Eastern African Margin of Tunisia

      • Mourad Bedir

      Pages 1-15

   2. Seismic Signature of Gas Hydrate and Mud Volcanoes of the South African Continental Margin

      • Zvi Ben-Avraham, Moshe Reshef, George Smith

      Pages 17-27

   3. Global Distribution of Mud Volcanoes and Their Significance in Petroleum Exploration as a Source of Methane in the Atmosphere and Hydrosphere and as a Geohazard

      • Alexei V. Milkov

      Pages 29-34

   4. Styles and Productivity of Mud Diapirism along the Middle American Margin

      • Tobias Moerz, Achim Kopf, Warner Brueckmann, Noemi Fekete, Veit Huehnerbach, Douglas G. Masson et al.

      Pages 35-48

   5. Styles and Productivity of Mud Diapirism along the Middle American Margin

      • Tobias Moerz, Naomi Fekete, Achim Kopf, Warner Brueckmann, Stefan Kreiter, Veit Huehnerbach et al.

      Pages 49-76

3. Geodynamic Implications of Mud Volcanism

   1. Mud Volcanoes and Seismicity in Romania

      • Calin Baciu, Giuseppe Etiope

      Pages 77-87

   2. Mud Volcanism, Geodynamics and Seismicity of Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea Region

      • Behrouz M. Panahi

      Pages 89-104

4. Seismic Hazard and Mud Volcanism

   1. Mud Volcanic Manifestations in the Maximum Shaking Areas of Strong Earthquakes

      • Eugeny A. Rogozhin

      Pages 105-110

   2. The Areas of Mud Volcanism in the South Caspian and Black Sea: Seismicity and New Technology for Seismic Risk Estimation

      • Leonid E. Levin, Leonid N. Solodilov, Behrouz M. Panahi, Nadejda V. Kondorskaya

      Pages 111-121

   3. Recent Seismic Activity in Albania and its Features

      • Siasi Kociu

      Pages 123-133

   4. Assessment of Seismic Hazard in Areas of Mud Volcano Location on the Basis of Geophysical Data

      • Tofik A. Ismailzadeh, Mayya I. Isayeva

      Pages 135-140

5. Greenhouse Effects of Mud Volcanism

   1. Methane Emission from Mud Volcanoes

      • Giuseppe Etiope

      Pages 141-146

   2. Gas Emissions from Mud Volcanoes

      • Alan Judd

      Pages 147-157

6. Monitoring Techniques of Mud Volcanism

   1. Mud Volcanoes of Pakistan — an Overview

      • George Delisle

      Pages 159-169

   2. Monitoring of Deformation Processes by Means of Electric Field Observation

      • Igor A. Garagash, Mikhail B. Gokhberg, Nikolat I. Kolosnitsyn

      Pages 171-179

   3. Mud Volcano: Methods, Apparatus — Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Research

      • O. B. Khavroshkin, V. V. Tsyplakov, E. M. K. Urdukhanov, Natalya A. Vidmont

      Pages 181-186

   4. Mud Volcano Monitoring and Seismic Events

      • Giovanni Martinelli, Andrea Dadomo

      Pages 187-199

   5. Insar Analysis of the Absheron Peninsula and Nearby Areas, Azerbaijan

      • Robert J. Mellors, Ted Bunyapanasarn, Behrouz Panahi

      Pages 201-209

7. Geochemical Features of Mud Volcanoes

   1. Geochemical Model of Mud Volcanoes from Reviewed Worldwide Data

      • Giovanni Martinelli, Andrea Dadomo

      Pages 211-220

1. PURPOSE OF PRESENT BOOK During the period May 19-26, 2003 the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) “Mud volcanism, Geodynamics and Seismicity” was held in Baku. Participants coming from USA, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Romania, Georgia, UK, Israel, Azerbaijan, Tunisia have discussed about different geodynamic features of mud volcanism and participated to field trips oriented to a better knowledge of mud volcanic features. The Meeting focused on many features of mud volcanism occurrence and related geodynamic topics. The purpose of present book is to collect contributions discussed during the Meeting and to fill a marked editorial gap on mud volcanism. Mud volcanism was to date described by local monographies or by articles published by scientific journals. In particular no books were published on topics able to highlight the link among mud volcanism, geodynamics and seismicity. Mud volcano of Nirano (Northern Italy). Engraving from Stoppani A. (1871), Corso di Geologia, Milan, Bernardoni G. and Brigola G. Publishers. 2. WHY MUD VOLCANOES ARE GEOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT ? Mud volcanoes have attracted the attention of earth scientists for many years. Due to their importance in hydrocarbon research, a consistent progress in the knowledge of mud volcanism took place in the past twenty years. Mud extrusion is a well-known phenomenon occurring in geological environments where fluid-rich, fine grained sediments ascend within a lithologic succession due to their buoyancy.

• earthquake
• geochemistry
• geophysics
• seismic
• volcanism
• volcano
• hydrogeology
• mineral resources

• ARPA, Environmental Protection Agency of Emilia-Romagna Region, Reggio Emilia, Italy

  Giovanni Martinelli

• Geology Institute, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

  Behrouz Panahi

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