Mud volcanism, or sedimentary volcanism, represents one of the most intriguing phenomena
of the Earth's crust, with important implications in energy resource exploration, seismicity …

The worlds> 1500 mud volcanoes are normally in a dormant stage due to the short duration
of eruptions. Their dormant stage activity is often characterized by vigorous seepage of …

The geology of Mars and the stratigraphic characteristics of its uppermost crust (mega-
regolith) suggest that some of the pervasively-occurring pitted cones, mounds, and flows …

Initial crustal collision between Africa and Eurasia in the middle Eocene–early Oligocene
enclosed a semi‐restricted Paratethyan seaway of linked basins and platforms across a …

In paper based on the results of previous studies and latest investigations of mud volcanoes
in the South Caspian basin the depth occurrence of fluid, mud and rocks are calculated and …

Exploration efforts around the Greater Caucasus region started towards the end of the 19th
century and established a wide range of petroleum play types in various basin segments …

The Maikop Group and the Diatom Formation constitute the two main source rocks in the
South Caspian Basin and onshore Azerbaijan where large‐scale oil production began more …

The South Caspian Basin has been one of the world's most prolific petroleum provinces
since the 19th Century. However, despite the large number of discovered petroleum …

Terrestrial mud volcanoes (TMVs) represent geochemically diverse habitats with varying
sulfur sources and yet sulfur cycling in these environments remains largely unexplored …

This study comprises the source rock evaluation of 122 Late Middle Eocene–Early Miocene
mudstones from the NE margin of the Black Sea. Samples are immature to early mature. The …