Past methane emissions in the earliest Pleistocene on Yermak Plateau, NW Svalbard.

• Main Author: Heimdal, Karianne
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2016
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Marin geologi: 466; GEO-3900; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Foraminifera*; Fram Strait; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10185

Hole 912A (Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 151) drilled on the Yermak Plateau (eastern Arctic Ocean) is used to investigate past methane emissions in the earliest Pleistocene. Preliminary work showed depleted δ¹³C values at 93-96 meters below sea floor (mbsf), and an increase in methane concentrati...