Deglacial bottom water warming intensified Arctic methane seepage in the NW Barents Sea

Phases of high bottom water temperature in the northwestern Barents Sea caused repeated destabilization of methane gas hydrates since the last glacial, according to a foraminifera Mg/Ca bottom water temperature record and hydrate stability modelling

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors:	Naima El bani Altuna, Tine Lander Rasmussen, Mohamed Mahmoud Ezat, Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta, Jeroen Groeneveld, Mervyn Greaves
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:	Geology QE1-996.5 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Arctic Barents Sea arctic methane Foraminifera*
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00264-x https://doaj.org/article/7eb4c37c851c401aa62be2d48c9a44cf

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Summary:	Phases of high bottom water temperature in the northwestern Barents Sea caused repeated destabilization of methane gas hydrates since the last glacial, according to a foraminifera Mg/Ca bottom water temperature record and hydrate stability modelling