Identification of a large mud volcano field in the Hyuga-nada, northern end of the Ryukyu trench, offshore Japan

Identification of a large mud volcano field in the Hyuga-nada, northern end of the Ryukyu trench, offshore Japan

We identified 27 new mud volcanoes, including potential ones, in a part of the Hyuga-nada area, southwest offshore Japan, at the northern end of the Ryukyu Trench, based on subseafloor geological structures using geophysical investigations. These mud volcanoes exhibited high density and breadth and...

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Main Authors: Miho Asada, Mikiya Yamashita, Rina Fukuchi, Toshiyuki Yokota, Tomohiro Toki, Akira Ijiri, Kiichiro Kawamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
mud volcano
Hyuga-nada
Kumano Basin
three-dimensional reflection seismic survey
sub-bottom profiler
subseafloor structure
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1232302/full

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