The August 27, 1886 earthquake in Messenia (Peloponnesus) and reported flames over the Ionian Sea—a Mediterranean Ridge gas escape event?

Autor: W. Hieke
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Marine Geology. 207:259-265
ISSN: 0025-3227
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.03.007
Popis: The 1960 bathymetric map of Pfannenstiel showed a submarine volcano west of the Peloponnesus which could not be confirmed by modern bathymetric surveys. Pfannenstiel's interpretation was supported by a report of flames on the sea in 1886. It is most likely that the strong earthquake on August 27, 1886, triggered a submarine mud volcano eruption and gas escapes on the Mediterranean Ridge (MR), and burning gas was observed from several places on land and on sea.
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