Methane release at the top of the gas hydrate stability zone of the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand

• Main Authors: Faure, K., Greinert, J., Pecher, I.A., Graham, I.J., Massoth, G.A., de Ronde, C.E.J., Wright, I.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: New Zealand; Eastern Rock; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/55031/; http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjgg/2006/041.php

Dissolved methane and high resolution bathymetry surveys were conducted over the Rock Garden region of Ritchie Ridge, along the Hikurangi margin, eastern New Zealand. Multibeam bathymetry reveals two prominent, northeast trending ridges, parallel to subduction along the margin, that are steep sided...