Pore water geochemistry along continental slopes north of the East Siberian Sea: inference of low methane concentrations

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Miller, Clint M., Dickens, Gerald R., Jakobsson, Martin, Johansson, Carina, Koshurnikov, Andrey, O’Regan, Matt, Muschitiello, Francesco, Stranne, Christian, Mörth, Carl-Magnus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; East Siberian Sea; New Siberian Islands; Wrangel Island; Lomonosov Ridge; SWERUS-C3
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96034; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2929-2017

Continental slopes north of the East Siberian Sea potentially hold large amounts of methane (CH4) in sediments as gas hydrate and free gas. Although release of this CH4 to the ocean and atmosphere has become a topic of discussion, the region remains sparingly explored. Here we present pore water che...