Fluid dynamics and slope stability offshore W-Spitsbergen: Effect of bottom water warming on gas hydrates and slope stability - Cruise No. MSM21/4 - August 12 - September 11, 2012 - Reykjavik (Iceland) - Emden (Germany)

• Main Authors: Berndt, Christian, Dumke, Ines, Feseker, Tomas, Graves, C., Franek, P., Hissmann, Karen, Hühnerbach, Veit, Krastel, Sebastian, Lieser, Kathrin, Niemann, H., Steinle, Lea, Treude, Tina
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie c/o MARUM 2014
• Subjects: Knipovich Ridge; Svalbard; Iceland; North Atlantic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29055/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29055/1/MSM21-4%20Cruise%20report.pdf; https://doi.org/10.2312/cr_msm21_4

The main goal of MSM21/4 was the study of gas hydrate system off Svalbard. We addressed this through a comprehensive scientific programme comprising dives with the manned submersible JAGO, seismic and heat flow measurements, sediment coring, water column biogeochemistry and bathymetric mapping. At t...