Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait
Seafloor hydrocarbon seepage is a natural fluid release process that occurs worldwide on continental shelves, slopes, and in deep oceanic basins. The Vestnesa sedimentary ridge in the eastern Fram Strait hosts a deep-water gas hydrate system that became charged with hydrocarbons ~2.7 Ma and has expe...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/29327 2023-06-18T03:40:39+02:00 Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait Cooke, Frances Ann Plaza-Faverola, Andreia Bünz, Stefan Sultan, Nabil Ramachandran, Hariharan Bedle, Heather Patton, Henry Singhroha, Sunny Knies, Jochen Manfred 2023-05-30 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29327 https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1188737 eng eng Frontiers Media Frontiers in Earth Science Cooke F, Plaza-Faverola A, Bünz S, Sultan N, Ramachandran H, Bedle, Patton H, Singhroha S, Knies J. Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2023;11 FRIDAID 2150775 doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1188737 2296-6463 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29327 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1188737 2023-06-07T23:06:22Z Seafloor hydrocarbon seepage is a natural fluid release process that occurs worldwide on continental shelves, slopes, and in deep oceanic basins. The Vestnesa sedimentary ridge in the eastern Fram Strait hosts a deep-water gas hydrate system that became charged with hydrocarbons ~2.7 Ma and has experienced episodic seepage along the entire ridge until a few thousand years ago, when seepage activity apparently ceased in the west but persisted in the east. Although it has been documented that faults and fractures play a key role in feeding the seeps with thermogenic gases, the mechanisms controlling seepage periodicity remain poorly understood. Here we integrate highresolution P-cable 3D seismic and Chirp data to investigate the spatial and temporal evolution of high-resolution fractures and fluid flow features in the west of the Vestnesa Ridge. We characterize sediment deformation using a fracture density seismic attribute workflow revealing two highly deformed stratigraphic intervals and associated small-scale pockmarks (<20 m diameter). Chronostratigraphic constraints from the region show that these two highly deformed intervals are influenced by at least three major climatic and oceanic events during the last 1.2 million years: the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (~1.25–0.7 Ma), the penultimate deglaciation (~130 ka) and the last deglaciation (Heinrich Stadial 1: ~16 ka). These periods of deformation appear associated with seismic anomalies potentially correlated with buried methane-derived authigenic carbonate and have been sensitive to shifts in the boundary of the free gas-gas hydrate interface. Our results show shifts (up to ~30 m) in the depth of the base of the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ) associated with major changes in ocean bottom water temperatures. This ocean-driven effect on the base of the GHSZ since the Last Glacial Maximum coincides with the already highly deformed Mid-Pleistocene Transition sedimentary interval and likely enhanced deformation and gas leakage along the ridge. Our results ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Fram Strait University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Frontiers in Earth Science 11 |
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Seafloor hydrocarbon seepage is a natural fluid release process that occurs worldwide on continental shelves, slopes, and in deep oceanic basins. The Vestnesa sedimentary ridge in the eastern Fram Strait hosts a deep-water gas hydrate system that became charged with hydrocarbons ~2.7 Ma and has experienced episodic seepage along the entire ridge until a few thousand years ago, when seepage activity apparently ceased in the west but persisted in the east. Although it has been documented that faults and fractures play a key role in feeding the seeps with thermogenic gases, the mechanisms controlling seepage periodicity remain poorly understood. Here we integrate highresolution P-cable 3D seismic and Chirp data to investigate the spatial and temporal evolution of high-resolution fractures and fluid flow features in the west of the Vestnesa Ridge. We characterize sediment deformation using a fracture density seismic attribute workflow revealing two highly deformed stratigraphic intervals and associated small-scale pockmarks (<20 m diameter). Chronostratigraphic constraints from the region show that these two highly deformed intervals are influenced by at least three major climatic and oceanic events during the last 1.2 million years: the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (~1.25–0.7 Ma), the penultimate deglaciation (~130 ka) and the last deglaciation (Heinrich Stadial 1: ~16 ka). These periods of deformation appear associated with seismic anomalies potentially correlated with buried methane-derived authigenic carbonate and have been sensitive to shifts in the boundary of the free gas-gas hydrate interface. Our results show shifts (up to ~30 m) in the depth of the base of the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ) associated with major changes in ocean bottom water temperatures. This ocean-driven effect on the base of the GHSZ since the Last Glacial Maximum coincides with the already highly deformed Mid-Pleistocene Transition sedimentary interval and likely enhanced deformation and gas leakage along the ridge. Our results ... |
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Cooke, Frances Ann Plaza-Faverola, Andreia Bünz, Stefan Sultan, Nabil Ramachandran, Hariharan Bedle, Heather Patton, Henry Singhroha, Sunny Knies, Jochen Manfred Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait |
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Cooke, Frances Ann Plaza-Faverola, Andreia Bünz, Stefan Sultan, Nabil Ramachandran, Hariharan Bedle, Heather Patton, Henry Singhroha, Sunny Knies, Jochen Manfred |
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Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait |
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Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait |
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Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait |
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Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait |
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Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait |
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sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the vestnesa ridge, eastern fram strait |
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Frontiers in Earth Science Cooke F, Plaza-Faverola A, Bünz S, Sultan N, Ramachandran H, Bedle, Patton H, Singhroha S, Knies J. Sedimentary deformation relating to episodic seepage in the last 1.2 million years: a multi-scale seismic study from the Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2023;11 FRIDAID 2150775 doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1188737 2296-6463 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29327 |
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