Comprehensive global inventory of submarine mud volcanoes

Abstract Systematic morphometric studies of submarine potential geohazard elements such as mud volcanism are still limited in the scientific literature. To fill this gap and contribute to the global geohazard databases, we present a comprehensive inventory of submarine mud volcanoes (MVs) considerin...

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Main Authors: Simone Napoli, Daniele Spatola, Daniele Casalbore, Luigi Lombardo, Hakan Tanyas, Francesco Latino Chiocci
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Scientific Data
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04726-1
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description Abstract Systematic morphometric studies of submarine potential geohazard elements such as mud volcanism are still limited in the scientific literature. To fill this gap and contribute to the global geohazard databases, we present a comprehensive inventory of submarine mud volcanoes (MVs) considering their spatial location and characteristics. The “Global inventory of submarine mud volcanoes” database here presented includes a large dataset, providing an overview of the morphometric analyses we performed as well as the considerations that arose from them. These cover basic marine geological and applied geohazard aspects. We explored frequency-area distribution patterns within this dataset, as typical of other geoscientific branches. This effort is a first step towards a shared and open knowledge of MVs, through which the marine geology community would further investigate the genesis of such phenomena and contribute to society in making informed decisions on related submarine geohazards.
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spelling doaj-art-c775ab56ee734bbebf7748afa6e9803a2025-08-20T01:57:47ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-03-011211610.1038/s41597-025-04726-1Comprehensive global inventory of submarine mud volcanoesSimone Napoli0Daniele Spatola1Daniele Casalbore2Luigi Lombardo3Hakan Tanyas4Francesco Latino Chiocci5Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza UniversityDepartment of Earth Sciences, Sapienza UniversityDepartment of Earth Sciences, Sapienza UniversityUniversity of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza UniversityAbstract Systematic morphometric studies of submarine potential geohazard elements such as mud volcanism are still limited in the scientific literature. To fill this gap and contribute to the global geohazard databases, we present a comprehensive inventory of submarine mud volcanoes (MVs) considering their spatial location and characteristics. The “Global inventory of submarine mud volcanoes” database here presented includes a large dataset, providing an overview of the morphometric analyses we performed as well as the considerations that arose from them. These cover basic marine geological and applied geohazard aspects. We explored frequency-area distribution patterns within this dataset, as typical of other geoscientific branches. This effort is a first step towards a shared and open knowledge of MVs, through which the marine geology community would further investigate the genesis of such phenomena and contribute to society in making informed decisions on related submarine geohazards.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04726-1
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