It spread from the Volga throughout most of the major river systems in Europe through the canal transportation system following introduction to some far western European countries in the early 1800s (Hutchinson, 1967). The Caspian Sea, the world’s largest enclosed, inland body of water, with an area of 386,400 square kilometers and a salinity of 1.2% concentration, is located between Europe and Asia. According to their studies, serpentinite mud is slowly ascending from its depth towards the summit of South Chamorro Seamount. Fig. The Caspian is the largest salt lake in the world, but that has not always been true. Mottl et al. The shallower “shelves” of the northern and eastern Caspian are major food supplies for fish and birds, yet the entire northern and eastern shelves will transform in dry barren lands. The shallower “shelves” of the northern and eastern Caspian are major food supplies for fish and birds, yet the entire northern and eastern shelves will transform in dry barren lands. As official raw amber production in Russia declines (Rachoń & Kosior, 2013), illegal amber mining has become an important problem, with estimated amounts of 350–400 tons annually. These mussels attach tightly to any solid surface with byssal threads, can reach tremendous densities (Fig. Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea (Beluga, Ossetra and Sevruga caviars). Five countries border the Caspian Sea. The Caspian's strategic importance lies in its abundance of energy resources. The offshore Caspian Sea portion of the basin probably holds the greatest promise of discovering large oil and gas fields offshore in water depths of 200 m or less. ODP Leg 195 drilled Site 1200 on the South Chamorro Seamount (Shipboard Scientific Party, Site 1200, 2002), one of 14 large (up to 50 km in diameter and rising up to 2 km above the surrounding seafloor) active serpentinite and blueschist mud volcanoes on the Mariana forearc (see Fryer and Fryer, 1987; Fryer, 1996; Fryer et al., 2000, 2006). Therefore, it is difficult to generalize the climate of the entire country. It was highest at 0–0.1 mbsf but was undetectable in the deepest sample at 53.8–53.9 mbsf. Spread of the zebra mussel from 1988 to 2005. (2003a,b) found that the water ascending through the mud volcanoes has a pH of 12.5 and, relative to seawater, is enriched in sulfate, alkalinity, NaCl, K, Rb, B, light hydrocarbons, ammonia, 18O, and deuterium. The Caspian Sea, termed as the world’s largest inland body of water is situated on the borders of Europe and Asia. The blue color of the rock comes from the presence of the predominant minerals glaucophane and lawsonite. From: Wheat, C.G., Fryer, P., Fisher, A.T., Hulme, S., Jannasch, H., Mottl, M.J., Becker, K., 2008. //