WORLD OCEAN GAS SEEPS

Abstract

According to the literature data, the development of gas seeps in the World Ocean is analyzed. They were found and studied in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, in the Arctic seas and on the Baikal. The characteristics of cold sips and their genesis are given, sources and ways of substance inflow are indicat/ ed. All of them are mainly methane, and in the Sea of Okhotsk and near California contain barium. Cold syrups give rise to peculiar communities of organisms — bacteria, molluscs, tube worms. As a result of methane assimilation by bacteria, carbonate neoplasms are created, framing the outflows of gases.

Keywords

• degassing of earth
• seeps
• world ocean