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High-resolution geophysical data define acoustically amorphous, mounded structures on the upper, middle, and lower continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Physical samples and observations within this unique seismic facies show gassy sediments, sometimes in hydrated form and, in places, as chemosynthetic communities. The geologic setting of these mounds suggests that the process of formation falls on the continuum of mud volcanoes to mud diapirs.
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Neurauter, T.W., Bryant, W.R. Seismic expression of sedimentary volcanism on the continental slope, northern Gulf of Mexico. Geo-Marine Letters 10, 225–231 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02431069
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