Hydrate occurrence in Europe: a review of available evidence
Large national programs in the United States and several Asian countries have defined and characterised their marine methane hydrate occurrences in some detail, but European hydrate occurrence has received less attention. The European Union-funded project “Marine gas hydrate – an indigenous resource...
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ftieo:oai:repositorio.ieo.es:10508/15122 2023-06-11T04:09:51+02:00 Hydrate occurrence in Europe: a review of available evidence Minshull, T. Marín-Moreno, H. Betlem, P. Bialas, J. Buenz, S. Burwicz, E. Cameselle, A.L. Cifci, G. Giustiniani, M. Hillman, J.I.T. Hölz, S. Hopper, J.R. Ion, G. León, R. Magalhaes, V. Makovsky, Y. Mata, M.P. (María Pilar) Max, M.D. Ostrovsky, I. Nielsen, T. O'Neill, N. Pinheiro, L.M. Plaza-Faverola, A.A. Rey, D. Roy, S. Schwalenberg, K. Senger, K. Vadakkepuliyambatta, S. Vasilev, A. Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás) 2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10508/15122 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.08.014 eng eng Elsevier BV Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264817219303861 0264-8172 http://hdl.handle.net/10508/15122 doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.08.014 open access Methane hydrate Europe research article 2020 ftieo https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.08.014 2023-05-02T23:49:31Z Large national programs in the United States and several Asian countries have defined and characterised their marine methane hydrate occurrences in some detail, but European hydrate occurrence has received less attention. The European Union-funded project “Marine gas hydrate – an indigenous resource of natural gas for Europe” (MIGRATE) aimed to determine the European potential inventory of exploitable gas hydrate, to assess current technologies for their production, and to evaluate the associated risks. We present a synthesis of results from a MIGRATE working group that focused on the definition and assessment of hydrate in Europe. Our review includes the western and eastern margins of Greenland, the Barents Sea and onshore and offshore Svalbard, the Atlantic margin of Europe, extending south to the northwestern margin of Morocco, the Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and the western and southern margins of the Black Sea. We have not attempted to cover the high Arctic, the Russian, Ukrainian and Georgian sectors of the Black Sea, or overseas territories of European nations. Following a formalised process, we defined a range of indicators of hydrate presence based on geophysical, geochemical and geological data. Our study was framed by the constraint of the hydrate stability field in European seas. Direct hydrate indicators included sampling of hydrate; the presence of bottom simulating reflectors in seismic reflection profiles; gas seepage into the ocean; and chlorinity anomalies in sediment cores. Indirect indicators included geophysical survey evidence for seismic velocity and/or resistivity anomalies, seismic reflectivity anomalies or subsurface gas escape structures; various seabed features associated with gas escape, and the presence of an underlying conventional petroleum system. We used these indicators to develop a database of hydrate occurrence across Europe. We identified a series of regions where there is substantial evidence for hydrate occurrence (some areas offshore Greenland, offshore west ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barents Sea Greenland Methane hydrate Svalbard Instituto Español de Oceanografía: e-IEO Arctic Barents Sea Greenland Svalbard Marine and Petroleum Geology 111 735 764 |
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Methane hydrate Europe Minshull, T. Marín-Moreno, H. Betlem, P. Bialas, J. Buenz, S. Burwicz, E. Cameselle, A.L. Cifci, G. Giustiniani, M. Hillman, J.I.T. Hölz, S. Hopper, J.R. Ion, G. León, R. Magalhaes, V. Makovsky, Y. Mata, M.P. (María Pilar) Max, M.D. Ostrovsky, I. Nielsen, T. O'Neill, N. Pinheiro, L.M. Plaza-Faverola, A.A. Rey, D. Roy, S. Schwalenberg, K. Senger, K. Vadakkepuliyambatta, S. Vasilev, A. Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás) Hydrate occurrence in Europe: a review of available evidence |
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Large national programs in the United States and several Asian countries have defined and characterised their marine methane hydrate occurrences in some detail, but European hydrate occurrence has received less attention. The European Union-funded project “Marine gas hydrate – an indigenous resource of natural gas for Europe” (MIGRATE) aimed to determine the European potential inventory of exploitable gas hydrate, to assess current technologies for their production, and to evaluate the associated risks. We present a synthesis of results from a MIGRATE working group that focused on the definition and assessment of hydrate in Europe. Our review includes the western and eastern margins of Greenland, the Barents Sea and onshore and offshore Svalbard, the Atlantic margin of Europe, extending south to the northwestern margin of Morocco, the Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and the western and southern margins of the Black Sea. We have not attempted to cover the high Arctic, the Russian, Ukrainian and Georgian sectors of the Black Sea, or overseas territories of European nations. Following a formalised process, we defined a range of indicators of hydrate presence based on geophysical, geochemical and geological data. Our study was framed by the constraint of the hydrate stability field in European seas. Direct hydrate indicators included sampling of hydrate; the presence of bottom simulating reflectors in seismic reflection profiles; gas seepage into the ocean; and chlorinity anomalies in sediment cores. Indirect indicators included geophysical survey evidence for seismic velocity and/or resistivity anomalies, seismic reflectivity anomalies or subsurface gas escape structures; various seabed features associated with gas escape, and the presence of an underlying conventional petroleum system. We used these indicators to develop a database of hydrate occurrence across Europe. We identified a series of regions where there is substantial evidence for hydrate occurrence (some areas offshore Greenland, offshore west ... |
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Minshull, T. Marín-Moreno, H. Betlem, P. Bialas, J. Buenz, S. Burwicz, E. Cameselle, A.L. Cifci, G. Giustiniani, M. Hillman, J.I.T. Hölz, S. Hopper, J.R. Ion, G. León, R. Magalhaes, V. Makovsky, Y. Mata, M.P. (María Pilar) Max, M.D. Ostrovsky, I. Nielsen, T. O'Neill, N. Pinheiro, L.M. Plaza-Faverola, A.A. Rey, D. Roy, S. Schwalenberg, K. Senger, K. Vadakkepuliyambatta, S. Vasilev, A. Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás) |
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Minshull, T. Marín-Moreno, H. Betlem, P. Bialas, J. Buenz, S. Burwicz, E. Cameselle, A.L. Cifci, G. Giustiniani, M. Hillman, J.I.T. Hölz, S. Hopper, J.R. Ion, G. León, R. Magalhaes, V. Makovsky, Y. Mata, M.P. (María Pilar) Max, M.D. Ostrovsky, I. Nielsen, T. O'Neill, N. Pinheiro, L.M. Plaza-Faverola, A.A. Rey, D. Roy, S. Schwalenberg, K. Senger, K. Vadakkepuliyambatta, S. Vasilev, A. Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás) |
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Hydrate occurrence in Europe: a review of available evidence |
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Hydrate occurrence in Europe: a review of available evidence |
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Hydrate occurrence in Europe: a review of available evidence |
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Hydrate occurrence in Europe: a review of available evidence |
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Hydrate occurrence in Europe: a review of available evidence |
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hydrate occurrence in europe: a review of available evidence |
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