Abstract:Mud volcanoes are a direct manifestation of deep tectonic and subsurface fluid invasion activities near the earth surface. Such activity emits large amounts of greenhouse gases, predominantly methane, and is also responsible for an important part of the total geologic carbon flux to the atmosphere. However, there is little research on estimation of greenhouse gas flux from mud volcanoes in China. The mud volcanoes in the Dushanzi area of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are typical and very active, emittin… Show more
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