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New Evidence for the Deep Structure of the Dzhau-Tepe Mud Volcano

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This paper presents the results of areal seismic studies in the deep structure of the Dzhau Tepe mud volcano, which is the largest of its kind on the Kerch Peninsula. It is the first time that data has been obtained concerning nearly vertical fluid-conducting structures beneath the volcano that supply material onto the ground during more active periods. A new approach is proposed for interpretation of measured relative amplitudes of microseismic noise based on numerical simulation of plane-stratified media. The results derived in this study are compared with previous geological and geophysical data on the area.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We express our gratitude to Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.L. Sobisevich and to Cand. Sci. (Geol.–Mineral.) T.Yu. Tveritinova (Moscow State University) for discussion of our geophysical experiment and valuable comment, as well as the anonymous reviewers whose remarks have helped to enhance the quality of the present paper.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 14-05-90421 and 18-35-00541, and in the framework of the state assignment by the Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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  1. Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, 10, str. 1, 123242, Moscow, Russia

    D. A. Presnov, R. A. Zhostkov, D. V. Likhodeev & D. E. Beloborodov

  2. Geophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt Lenina, 189, 249035, Obninsk, Kaluga Region, Russia

    Z. I. Dudarov & S. M. Dolov

  3. Kabardino–Balkarian State University, ul. Chernyshevskogo, 173, 360004, Nalchik, Russia

    Z. I. Dudarov

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Presnov, D.A., Zhostkov, R.A., Likhodeev, D.V. et al. New Evidence for the Deep Structure of the Dzhau-Tepe Mud Volcano. J. Volcanolog. Seismol. 14, 166–176 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0742046320030057

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