Gas seepage pockmark microbiomes suggest the presence of sedimentary coal seams in the Oxarfjordur graben of NE-Iceland

• Main Authors: Þorsteinsdóttir, Guðný Vala, Blischke, Anett, Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Auður, Óskarsson, Finnbogi, Arnarson, Þórarinn Sveinn, Magnússon, Kristinn Pétur, Vilhelmsson, Oddur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2019
• Subjects: Öxarfjörður; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/97611; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjm-2019-0081

Natural gas seepage pockmarks are found off- and onshore in the Öxarfjörður graben, Iceland. The bacterial communities of two onshore seepage sites were analysed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing; the geochemical characteristics, hydrocarbon content, and the carbon isotope composition of the site...