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This paper presents the results of three-dimensional acoustic seabed mapping in the region of the Taman Peninsula in the Black Sea using an interferometric side-scan sonar and an acoustic profiler. Mapping has revealed underwater objects identified as manifestations of underwater mud volcanism. Detailed analysis of sonar images of the relief and seabed profiles in the region of the objects has confirmed the original hypothesis.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Kaevitser, N.A. Rimskii-Korsakov, I.V. Smolyaninov, V.M. Razmanov, A.P. Krivtsov, 2016, published in Okeanologiya, 2016, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 784–790.
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Kaevitser, V.I., Rimskii-Korsakov, N.A., Smolyaninov, I.V. et al. Possible manifestations of underwater mud volcanoes based on results of sonar investigations in region of Taman Peninsula. Oceanology 56, 714–720 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437016040056
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437016040056