Submarine Seepage of Natural Gas in Norton Sound, Alaska

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Cline, Joel D., Holmes, Mark L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1977
• Subjects: Norton Sound; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.198.4322.1149; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.198.4322.1149

Unusual concentrations of dissolved two- to four-carbon alkanes were observed in the waters in Norton Sound in a localized area approximately 40 kilometers south of Nome, Alaska, in 1976. The hydrocarbons were identified in the near-bottom waters downcurrent for more than 100 kilometers from a sea-f...