Gas hydrate distribution and hydrocarbon maturation north of the Knipovich Ridge, western Svalbard margin

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Dumke, Ines, Burwicz, Ewa B., Berndt, Christian, Klaeschen, Dirk, Feseker, Tomas, Geissler, Wolfram, Sarkar, Sudipta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: North Atlantic; Svalbard; Svalbard margin
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39563/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JB012083/full; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46742

A bottom-simulating reflector (BSR) occurs west of Svalbard in water depths exceeding 600 m, indicating that gas hydrate occurrence in marine sediments is more widespread in this region than anywhere else on the eastern North Atlantic margin. Regional BSR mapping shows the presence of hydrate and fr...