Shniukov, Yevhen F.Yanko-Hombach, Valentyna V.Янко-Хомбах, Валентина ВенедиктовнаЯнко-Хомбах, Валентина ВенедиктівнаШнюков, Евгений ФедоровичШнюков, Євген Федорович2019-05-042019-05-042013Международная конференция «Природная среда Черноморского региона за последние 30 тысяч лет: от прошлого к прогнозированию будущего», Одесский национальный университет имени И. И. Мечникова, Одесса, Украина, 30 января – 1 февраля 2013.https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/23911The Black Sea is the largest anoxic basin in the world that holds great promise for new non-traditional energy sources to supply the Black Sea countries and most of Europe as well due to the presence of huge methane resources stored in gas hydrates beneath the sea floor. The presence of methane is evident from outbursts of submarine mud volcanoes as well as numerous high-intensity gas seeps that release huge quantities of methane into the water column. While gas hydrates accumulate methane, submarine mud volcanoes, gas seeps, and gas bogs release it into the water column. This presentation identifies these Gas Related Features (GRFs) as either accumulating or degassing. GRFs are well known proxies for predicting the presence of oil and gas fields at depth.enThe Black Seanon-traditional energy sourcesmethane emissionsEU FR6 HERMES ProjectArticle