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oa Mechanisms of Fluid Emissions - The Case Study of Regnano Mud Volcano
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, EAGE Conference on Geology and Petroleum Geology of the Mediterranean and Circum-Mediterranean Basins, Oct 2000, cp-109-00104
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-14-6
Abstract
The seep of Regnano mud volcano, where mud is extruded in association with saline water and light hydrocarbons, is located at the surface emergence of a normal fault making part of art extensional system active after the arly Pleistocene. Chemical analysis and geological setting indicate that this system cuts previous chain thrusts and drains a Miocene reservoir which trapped deeper fluids migrated from the underlying Mesozoic units.