Characterization of microbial activity in pockmark fields of the SW-Barents Sea

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Nickel, Julia C., di Primio, Rolando, Mangelsdorf, Kai (Dr.), Stoddart, Daniel, Kallmeyer, Jens (Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Institut für Geowissenschaften; Barents Sea; Loppa; Hammerfest; Hammerfest Basin
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35475; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.02.002

Multibeam bathymetry revealed the occurrence of numerous craterlike depressions, so-called pockmarks, on the sea floor of the Hammerfest Basin and the Loppa High, south-western Barents Sea. To investigate whether these pockmarks are related to ongoing gas seepage, microbial processes associated with...