The Distribution of Trace Elements in Mud Volcano Sediments: Searching for Features of a Juvenile Component Impact
Journal: Moscow University Geology Bulletin
Year: 2021

The views of researchers on the causes of mud volcanism have evolved over time. At the early stages, mud volcanoes were considered to be similar to ordinary volcanoes. Later, they began to be associated with processes in sedimentary basins, although there are still attempts to link mud volcanism with magmatic manifestations and replenishment with juvenile components. Finds of mercury, native gold, silver, sulfur, copper, iron, and accessory minerals in the products of mud volcanoes in recent yea