Asphalt volcanoes as a potential source of methane to late Pleistocene coastal waters
Published in Nature Geoscience, 2010
Recommended citation: DL Valentine, CM Reddy, C Farwell, TM Hill, O Pizarro, DR Yoerger, R Camilli, RK Nelson, E Peacock, SC Bagby, BA Clark, CN Roman, and M Soloway. (2010). "Asphalt volcanoes as a potential source of methane to late Pleistocene coastal waters." Nature Geosci 3:345.
A newly discovered cluster of extinct asphalt volcanoes on the Santa Barbara Basin seafloor may explain historical methane anomalies. Submarine exploration, hydrocarbon geochemistry, paleoclimate.