Correlation between tectonic stress regimes and methane seepage on the western Svalbard margin

• Published in: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Plaza-Faverola, Andreia, Keiding, Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Knipovich Ridge; Molloy; Svalbard; Fram Strait; Svalbard margin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-79-2019; https://se.copernicus.org/articles/10/79/2019/

Methane seepage occurs across the western Svalbard margin at water depths ranging from < 300 m, landward from the shelf break, to > 1000 m in regions just a few kilometres from the mid-ocean ridges in the Fram Strait. The mechanisms controlling seepage remain elusive. The Vestnesa sedimentary...