Authigenic Gypsum Precipitation in the ARAON Mounds, East Siberian Sea

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Hyo Jin Koo, Jeong Kyu Jang, Dong Hun Lee, Hyen Goo Cho
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: ARAON Mound; methane seepage; authigenic gypsum; dolomite; Arctic Ocean; Arctic; East Siberian Sea; Chukchi Rise; arctic methane; Chukchi; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min12080983

Authigenic gypsum has been observed in marine methane hydrate-bearing sediments throughout the last decade. However, changes in mineral composition and gypsum precipitation in methane emission environments have not yet been reported in the Arctic. Expeditions aboard R/V ARAON revealed several mound...