Active gas seepage in western Spitsbergen fjords, Svalbard archipelago: spatial extent and geological controls

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Rodes, Nil, Betlem, Peter, Senger, Kim, Römer, Miriam, Hodson, Andy, Liira, Martin, Birchall, Tom, Roy, Srikumar, Noormets, Riko, Smyrak-Sikora, Aleksandra, Olaussen, Snorre, Bohrmann, Gerhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2023
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Van Mijenfjorden; Climate change; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1173477; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1173477/full

This study presents the first systematic observations of active gas seepage from the seafloor in the main fjords of western Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. High-resolution acoustic water column data were acquired throughout two research cruises in August 2015 and June 2021. 883 gas flares h...