Image1_Microbial Methane Generation and Implications for Stability of Shallow Sediments on the Upper Slope, U.S. Atlantic Margin.JPEG

• Main Authors: Olin R. Carty, Hugh Daigle
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences; Climate Science; Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified; Exploration Geochemistry; Inorganic Geochemistry; Isotope Geochemistry; Organic Geochemistry; Geochemistry not elsewhere classified; Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology; Ore Deposit Petrology; Palaeontology (incl. Palynology); Structural Geology; Tectonics; Volcanology; Geology not elsewhere classified; Seismology and Seismic Exploration; Glaciology; Hydrogeology; Natural Hazards; Quaternary Environments; Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change; methane hydrate; hydrate dissociation; machine learning; k-nearest neighbor; slope failure; Hoek; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.835685.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/figure/Image1_Microbial_Methane_Generation_and_Implications_for_Stability_of_Shallow_Sediments_on_the_Upper_Slope_U_S_Atlantic_Margin_JPEG/19730689

Dissociation of methane hydrates in shallow marine sediments due to increasing global temperatures can lead to the venting of methane gas or seafloor destabilization. Along the U.S. Atlantic margin there is a well-documented history of slope failure and numerous gas seeps have been recorded. However...