Geochemical evidence of rapid hydrocarbo
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Roger Sassen; Alexei V Milkov; Harry H Roberts; Stephen T Sweet; Debra A DeFreit
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A research submersible was employed to collect sediments from a previously undescribed diapiric mud mound on the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. The sediments contain high concentrations of C 1 ^C6รพ hydrocarbon gases and crude oil. The mud mound hydrocarbons are relatively unaffected by biodegrada