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JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 62, Issue -, Pages 162-166Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.03.009
Keywords
Gas; Gas hydrate; Mud volcano; Seep; MIR submersible; Lake Baikal
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Funding
- International Science and Technology Center (ISTC Project) [4016, 21.8]
- International Science and Technology Center (ISTC Project), Project under the program of basic research of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) Flanders project [1.5.198.09]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal [19550077, 21254006, 21360219, 22540485, 23254008]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22540485, 21254006, 23254008, 19550077, 21360219] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This paper summarizes the results of recent gas-hydrate studies in Lake Baikal, the only fresh-water lake in the world containing gas hydrates in its sedimentary infill. We provide a historical overview of the different investigations and discoveries and highlight some recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the Baikal hydrate system. So far, 21 sites of gas hydrate occurrence have been discovered. Gas hydrates are of structures I and II, which are of thermogenic, microbial, and mixed origin. At the 15 sites, gas hydrates were found in mud volcanoes, and the rest six - near gas discharges. Additionally, depending on type of discharge and gas hydrate structure, they were visually different Investigations using MIR submersibles allowed finding of gas hydrates at the bottom surface of Lake Baikal at the three sites. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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