NEW FINDINGS OF GAS HYDRATES IN THE BAIKAL BOTTOM SEDIMENTS
O.M. Khlystov
Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the RAS, 3 ul. Ulan-Batorskaya, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia
Keywords: Gas hydrates, volcanic breccia, mud volcano, Lake Baikal
Pages: 972-974
Abstract
We briefly report the history of studying Baikal gas hydrates, their discovery in the areas of new structures, and the specific composition of Baikal hydrate-containing subsurface sediments. The structures with a volcanic breccia were referred to as mud volcanoes. The first geological search criteria for the presence of gas hydrates in the Baikal subsurface sediments are presented.
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