Seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming
Arctic gas hydrate reservoirs located in shallow water and proximal to the sediment-water interface are thought to be sensitive to bottom water warming that may trigger gas hydrate dissociation and the release of methane. Here, we evaluate bottom water temperature as a potential driver for hydrate d...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:1374892 2023-07-30T04:01:20+02:00 Seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming Hong, Wei-Li Torres, Marta E. Carroll, JoLynn Crémière, Antoine Panieri, Giuliana Yao, Haoyi Serov, Pavel 2023-06-26 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1374892 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1374892 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15745 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1374892 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1374892 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15745 doi:10.1038/ncomms15745 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 2023 ftosti https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15745 2023-07-11T09:20:13Z Arctic gas hydrate reservoirs located in shallow water and proximal to the sediment-water interface are thought to be sensitive to bottom water warming that may trigger gas hydrate dissociation and the release of methane. Here, we evaluate bottom water temperature as a potential driver for hydrate dissociation and methane release from a recently discovered, gas-hydrate-bearing system south of Spitsbergen (Storfjordrenna, ~380m water depth). Modelling of the non-steady-state porewater profiles and observations of distinct layers of methane-derived authigenic carbonate nodules in the sediments indicate centurial to millennial methane emissions in the region. The results of temperature modelling suggest limited impact of short-term warming on gas hydrates deeper than a few metres in the sediments. We conclude that the ongoing and past methane emission episodes at the investigated sites are likely due to the episodic ventilation of deep reservoirs rather than warming-induced gas hydrate dissociation in this shallow water seep site. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Storfjordrenna Spitsbergen SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) Arctic Storfjordrenna ENVELOPE(17.000,17.000,76.000,76.000) Nature Communications 8 1 |
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Arctic gas hydrate reservoirs located in shallow water and proximal to the sediment-water interface are thought to be sensitive to bottom water warming that may trigger gas hydrate dissociation and the release of methane. Here, we evaluate bottom water temperature as a potential driver for hydrate dissociation and methane release from a recently discovered, gas-hydrate-bearing system south of Spitsbergen (Storfjordrenna, ~380m water depth). Modelling of the non-steady-state porewater profiles and observations of distinct layers of methane-derived authigenic carbonate nodules in the sediments indicate centurial to millennial methane emissions in the region. The results of temperature modelling suggest limited impact of short-term warming on gas hydrates deeper than a few metres in the sediments. We conclude that the ongoing and past methane emission episodes at the investigated sites are likely due to the episodic ventilation of deep reservoirs rather than warming-induced gas hydrate dissociation in this shallow water seep site. |
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Hong, Wei-Li Torres, Marta E. Carroll, JoLynn Crémière, Antoine Panieri, Giuliana Yao, Haoyi Serov, Pavel |
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Hong, Wei-Li Torres, Marta E. Carroll, JoLynn Crémière, Antoine Panieri, Giuliana Yao, Haoyi Serov, Pavel |
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Seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming |
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Seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming |
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Seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming |
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Seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming |
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Seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming |
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seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming |
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