Cold-seep fossil macrofaunal assemblages from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45 000 years
Four cores from Vestnesa Ridge on the western Svalbard margin from water depth of 1200 m have been studied. The Vestnesa Ridge is known for the presence of numerous pockmarks and active methane gas seepage is often observed in the form of acoustic gas flares. Three of the cores were collected from a...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/3310 2024-09-09T19:40:42+00:00 Cold-seep fossil macrofaunal assemblages from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45 000 years Thomsen, Elsebeth Lander Rasmussen, Tine Sztybor, Kamila Hanken, Nils-Martin Secher Tendal, Ole Uchman, Alfred 2019-10-22 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3310 https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3310 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3310/9422 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3310/9423 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3310/9424 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3310/9425 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3310/9405 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3310 doi:10.33265/polar.v38.3310 Polar Research; Vol 38 (2019) 1751-8369 Methane release macrofossils trace fossils foraminifera mid-late Weichselian glacial to Holocene Svalbard margin info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3310 2024-06-20T23:33:17Z Four cores from Vestnesa Ridge on the western Svalbard margin from water depth of 1200 m have been studied. The Vestnesa Ridge is known for the presence of numerous pockmarks and active methane gas seepage is often observed in the form of acoustic gas flares. Three of the cores were collected from a pockmark with active seepage of methane and one core was taken just outside the seepage area for comparison. The cores show a range of influence from methane from no seepage (control core), moderate seepage, strong seepage to very strong seepage. All cores have been analyzed for the distribution of macrofossils, trace fossils, planktic foraminifera, stable isotopes, geochemistry and sedimentology. The main purpose of the study is to improve knowledge about the fossil macrofauna and past methane emissions in the area. The results show a major difference between the fauna recovered from cores taken inside a pockmark with chemosymbiotic bivalves and in some cases with a rich macrofauna and from the core recovered outside the pockmark that contained no macrofauna. The faunal relationships with the sedimentary environments confirm a close connection between the macrofauna and the presence/absence of cold-seepage, particularly seen in the occurrence of chemosymbiotic bivalves Archivesica arctica, Isorropodon nyeggaensis, potentially chemosymbiotic Rhacothyas kolgae and polychaetes. A barren zone in the core that was taken from the deepest part of the pockmark may indicate that a blow-out took place in the late glacial and the deglaciation into the early Holocene at c. 21,000–9000 years. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fram Strait Polar Research Svalbard Svalbard margin Polar Research Svalbard Polar Research 38 0 |
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Four cores from Vestnesa Ridge on the western Svalbard margin from water depth of 1200 m have been studied. The Vestnesa Ridge is known for the presence of numerous pockmarks and active methane gas seepage is often observed in the form of acoustic gas flares. Three of the cores were collected from a pockmark with active seepage of methane and one core was taken just outside the seepage area for comparison. The cores show a range of influence from methane from no seepage (control core), moderate seepage, strong seepage to very strong seepage. All cores have been analyzed for the distribution of macrofossils, trace fossils, planktic foraminifera, stable isotopes, geochemistry and sedimentology. The main purpose of the study is to improve knowledge about the fossil macrofauna and past methane emissions in the area. The results show a major difference between the fauna recovered from cores taken inside a pockmark with chemosymbiotic bivalves and in some cases with a rich macrofauna and from the core recovered outside the pockmark that contained no macrofauna. The faunal relationships with the sedimentary environments confirm a close connection between the macrofauna and the presence/absence of cold-seepage, particularly seen in the occurrence of chemosymbiotic bivalves Archivesica arctica, Isorropodon nyeggaensis, potentially chemosymbiotic Rhacothyas kolgae and polychaetes. A barren zone in the core that was taken from the deepest part of the pockmark may indicate that a blow-out took place in the late glacial and the deglaciation into the early Holocene at c. 21,000–9000 years. |
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Cold-seep fossil macrofaunal assemblages from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45 000 years |
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Cold-seep fossil macrofaunal assemblages from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45 000 years |
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Cold-seep fossil macrofaunal assemblages from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45 000 years |
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Cold-seep fossil macrofaunal assemblages from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45 000 years |
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Cold-seep fossil macrofaunal assemblages from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45 000 years |
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cold-seep fossil macrofaunal assemblages from vestnesa ridge, eastern fram strait, during the past 45 000 years |
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