Characterization of microbial activity in pockmark fields of the SW-Barents Sea

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Nickel, J., di Primio, R., Mangelsdorf, K., Stoddart, D., Kallmeyer, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: 550 - Earth sciences; Barents Sea; Loppa; Hammerfest; Hammerfest Basin
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_247336; https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_247336_2/component/file_445890/247336.pdf

Multibeam bathymetry revealed the occurrence of numerous craterlike depressions, so-called pockmarks, on the sea floor of the Hammerfest Basin and the Loppa High, south-western Barents Sea. To investigate whether these pockmarks are related to ongoing gas seepage, microbial processes associated with...