A synthesis of multidisciplinary data from the Kazan mud volcano in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, focusing on methane seepage and its biological and chemical impacts. The dataset was compiled by the Australian Ocean Data Network from observations and sampling by the submersible Nautile, ship-based coring, and geophysical surveys. It includes results from pore water geochemistry, modeling, and carbon isotopic measurements on organic matter, carbonates, biomarkers, and macrofauna.
Use Cases
- Modeling anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) rates based on pore water geochemistry and flow velocity data
- Studying the relationship between methane flux and micro- and macrobiota community diversity using carbon isotopic measurements
- Analyzing spatial heterogeneity in mud volcano environments using integrated geophysical and biogeochemical data
- Investigating gas hydrate formation conditions based on sediment depth and advective flow velocity estimates
Strengths
- Integrates multiple data types including microbiology, biomarkers, pore water, and solid phase geochemistry within a single study
- Provides a specific modeled rate for anaerobic oxidation of methane (6 mol m-2 year-1)
- Includes spatially referenced data from visually selected sites explored by a manned submersible
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the single-site study of Kazan mud volcano
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Multi-disciplinary approach incorporating observations and sampling by the manned submersible Nautile, ship-based sediment coring, and geophysical surveys.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 10:13:43.916837; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Kazan mud volcano, Eastern Mediterranean Sea