Figure 11 in Main Pattern of the Caspian Sea Surface Oil Pollution Revealed by Satellite Data

Figure 11. Main pattern and sources of sea surface oil pollution of the Caspian sea, revealed on the basis of satellite remote sensing data: 1 – Natural leakages of liquid hydrocarbons; 2 – Seabed mud volcanoes; 3 – Natural hydrocarbon seafloor seeps off the Sefid Rud Cape; 4 – Natural hydrocarbon seafloor seeps westward of Cheleken Peninsula; 5 – offshore oil-producing platforms in the Cheleken oil field; 6 – Kashagan oil field; 7 – LUKOIL oil-producing area. Main shipping routes depicted by green lines.