Figure 7. Seismic reflection profile over gas-escape pockmarks in Somes Sound. Due to about a 10X vertical exaggeration, the slopes of pockmark walls appear steeper than they really are. Pockmarks are usually circular depressions, but appear as valleys in cross-section.

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