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Active seepage in two contrasting pockmark fields in the Patras and Corinth gulfs, Greece

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Two pockmark fields, located along the coastal zone of the Patras and Corinth gulfs, Greece were surveyed in detail. The pockmark fields, which are 30 km apart, are formed in shallow waters at depths of 20–40 m and are about 0.5–1 km from the shoreline. The oceanographic data suggest that two different mechanisms were responsible for their formation. The pockmark field in the Patras Gulf appears to have been formed as a result of methane seepage from the seabed, whereas the field in the Corinth Gulf appears to have resulted from groundwater seepage.

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Acknowledgements

This study was carried out as part of the ASSEM project which is funded by the European Union (contract EVK3-CT2001-00051). We wish to thank Gerhard Bohrmann and Joe Kelly for their constructive and thorough reviews which greatly improved this paper. D. Christodoulou was supported by the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece.

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  1. Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography, Department of Geology, University of Patras, 26500, Patras, Greece

    D. Christodoulou, G. Papatheodorou & G. Ferentinos

  2. CAPSUM Technologie GmbH, Technologiepark 24, 22946, Trittau, Germany

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Christodoulou, D., Papatheodorou, G., Ferentinos, G. et al. Active seepage in two contrasting pockmark fields in the Patras and Corinth gulfs, Greece. Geo-Mar Lett 23, 194–199 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-003-0151-0

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