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Escape of methane gas from the seabed along the West Spitsbergen continental margin

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2009

Authors

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

Abstract

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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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80187

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ANU Research Publications

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Geophysical Research Letters

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Journal article

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DOI

10.1029/2009GL039191

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2037-12-31

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