Escape of methane gas from the seabed along the West Spitsbergen continental margin
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2009
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Westbrook, Graham K.
Thatcher, Kate E.
Rohling, Eelco
Piotrowski, Alexander
Palike, Heiko
Osborne, Anne H.
Nisbet, Euan G.
Minshull, Tim A.
Lanoiselle, Mathias
James, Rachael H.
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American Geophysical Union
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More than 250 plumes of gas bubbles have been discovered emanating from the seabed of the West Spitsbergen continental margin, in a depth range of 150400 m, at and above the present upper limit of the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ). Some of the plumes
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Keywords: Continental margin; Depth range; Gas bubble; Gas hydrate stability zones; Mediane; Methane gas; Sea surfaces; Spitsbergen; Upper limits; West spitsbergen currents; Hydration; Methane; Ocean currents; Gas hydrates; atmospheric plume; continental margin; ga
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Geophysical Research Letters
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