A large methane plume east of Bear Island (Barents Sea): Implications for the marine methane cycle

• Published in: Geologische Rundschau
• Main Authors: Lammers, Stephan, Suess, Erwin, Hovland, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Bear Island; Solheim
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/7364/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/7364/1/Lammers.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192242

A pockmark field extending over 35 km2 at 74°54′N, 27°3′E, described by Solheim and Elverhøi (1993), was re-surveyed and found to be covered with more than 30 steep-sided craters between 300 and 700 m in diameter and up to 28 m deep. The craters are thought to have been formed by an explosive gas er...