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If global warming continues at its current rate, widespread methane hydrate dissociation may occur leading to submarine slope instabilities. In this study, numerical models were developed to investigate the impact of different parameters, such as geothermal gradient, slope angle, rate of seafloor te...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/prism/34984 2023-08-27T04:07:51+02:00 Modeling Changes in Hydrate Stability Associated with Arctic Warming and its Impact on Slope ... Debnath, Khokan 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/34984 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/109364 en eng Schulich School of Engineering University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Gas Hydrate Hydrate stability zone hydrate dissociated zone Hydrate bearing slope analysis permafrost Frozen ground Engineering--Civil CreativeWork article 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/prism/34984 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z If global warming continues at its current rate, widespread methane hydrate dissociation may occur leading to submarine slope instabilities. In this study, numerical models were developed to investigate the impact of different parameters, such as geothermal gradient, slope angle, rate of seafloor temperature rise, and hydrate saturation on the dissociated volume and potential for slope instabilities. It was found that the geothermal gradient impacts the shape of the hydrate stability zone and the pattern of hydrate dissociation. Slope stability analyses showed that steeper slopes fail earlier and produce lower dissociated hydrate volumes. Higher rate of seafloor temperature produces larger dissociated volume and leads to earlier slope failure. On the other hand, higher hydrate saturation leads to lower hydrate dissociated volume and causes to fail slope comparatively later than a slope with lower hydrate saturation. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Global warming Methane hydrate permafrost DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic |
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If global warming continues at its current rate, widespread methane hydrate dissociation may occur leading to submarine slope instabilities. In this study, numerical models were developed to investigate the impact of different parameters, such as geothermal gradient, slope angle, rate of seafloor temperature rise, and hydrate saturation on the dissociated volume and potential for slope instabilities. It was found that the geothermal gradient impacts the shape of the hydrate stability zone and the pattern of hydrate dissociation. Slope stability analyses showed that steeper slopes fail earlier and produce lower dissociated hydrate volumes. Higher rate of seafloor temperature produces larger dissociated volume and leads to earlier slope failure. On the other hand, higher hydrate saturation leads to lower hydrate dissociated volume and causes to fail slope comparatively later than a slope with lower hydrate saturation. ... |
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