Leaking methane reservoirs offshore Svalbard

Methane hydrate—a solid substance in which methane is trapped within ice‐like crystals—is stable at low temperatures and high pressures and may be destabilized by ocean warming on both geological and human time scales. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and methane released from hydrate provides...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Main Authors: Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, Graham, Weitemeyer, K. A., Sinha, M. C., Goswami, B. K., Marsset, Bruno
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2012
Subjects:
methane hydrate
Svalbard
sea floor
seismic
electromagnetic
arctic
Archer
Arctic
Climate change
Methane hydrate
Online Access:https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00451/56262/57832.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1029/2012EO420001
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00451/56262/

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