Beschreibung:
Alan Judd is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a Chartered Geologist. As an independent consultant he has undertaken consultancy projects for the petroleum and offshore site survey industries, and for the UK and US governments.
Describes seabed fluid flow processes for research scientists and professionals in the marine environment.
Acknowledgements; 1. Seabed fluid flow introduction; 2. Pockmarks, shallow gas and seeps: an initial appraisal; 3. Seabed fluid flow around the world; 4. The contexts of seabed fluid flow; 5. The nature and origins of flowing fluids; 6. Shallow gas and gas hydrates; 7. Migration and seabed features; 8. Seabed fluid flow and biology; 9. Seabed fluid flow and mineral precipitation; 10. Impacts on the hydrosphere and atmosphere; 11. Implications for man; References; Index.