Widespread natural methane and oil leakage from sub-marine Arctic reservoirs

Barents Sea shelf experienced >30 episodes of glaciation which scraped off layers of rocks and led to petroleum reservoirs exposed onto the seafloor. Today, such uncapped reservoirs produce strong fluxes of methane gas and oil into the ocean.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Pavel Serov, Rune Mattingsdal, Monica Winsborrow, Henry Patton, Karin Andreassen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
Barents Sea
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37514-9
https://doaj.org/article/9714d357131042b19fe0dc419f0dc37b
Description
Summary:Barents Sea shelf experienced >30 episodes of glaciation which scraped off layers of rocks and led to petroleum reservoirs exposed onto the seafloor. Today, such uncapped reservoirs produce strong fluxes of methane gas and oil into the ocean.

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