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Calabrian Arc Mud Volcanoes
As part of the DFG project CALVADOS, we are investigating mud volcanoes of the Ionian Sea along the Calabrian Arc, which represents part of the Euro / African collision zone. With over 500 mud volcanoes, the eastern Mediterranean is probably the region with the most submarine mud volcanoes. While the mud volcanoes in the Hellenic and Cyprus arcs as well as in the Nile fan were examined intensively, the mud volcanoes of the Calabrian Arch are predominantly unknown. Hydro-acoustic measurements and sampling of mud breccias using gravity cores identified 54 mud volcanoes in the pre-Messinian inner accretionary wedge.
The investigations during METEOR (M112 in 2014) have confirmed the presence of around 25 more mud volcanoes in the region and have shown that only the Venere mud volcano is active, as it will be accompanied by recent gas emissions that have been detected hydro-acoustically. In addition to Venere MV, the DFG project will primarily examine Satori MV, Cetus MV and POSEIDON MV. During further POSEIDON expeditions (PO499 and PO515), both 2D and 3D seismic investigations of individual mud volcanoes and gravity coring were carried out on the more recent mud volcanic activity.
Project leader:
Michael Riedel (GEOMAR)
Phone: +49 431-600-2332
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Gerhard Bohrmann (MARUM)
Phone: +49 421 218-65050
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PhD student:
Mechtild Doll (MARUM)
Phone: +49 421 218-65055
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