Glacial-interglacial sedimentation control on gas seepage exemplified by Vestnesa Ridge off NW Svalbard margin
Vestnesa Ridge is built-up of thick contourites mainly deposited during the last ∼5 million years. Methane leaks from deep gas reservoirs creating pockmarks on its crest, and which have been the focus of numerous studies. Sedimentation patterns in relation to the pronounced changes in oceanography a...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/33369 2024-05-12T08:11:49+00:00 Glacial-interglacial sedimentation control on gas seepage exemplified by Vestnesa Ridge off NW Svalbard margin Rasmussen, Tine Lander Nielsen, Tove 2024-04-08 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/33369 https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1356341 eng eng Frontiers Media Frontiers in Earth Science Norges forskningsråd: 223259 Tromsø forskningsstiftelse: Paleo-CIRCUS Rasmussen TLR, Nielsen T. Glacial-interglacial sedimentation control on gas seepage exemplified by Vestnesa Ridge off NW Svalbard margin. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2024;12 FRIDAID 2259668 doi:10.3389/feart.2024.1356341 2296-6463 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/33369 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2024 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2024 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1356341 2024-04-17T14:00:51Z Vestnesa Ridge is built-up of thick contourites mainly deposited during the last ∼5 million years. Methane leaks from deep gas reservoirs creating pockmarks on its crest, and which have been the focus of numerous studies. Sedimentation patterns in relation to the pronounced changes in oceanography and climate of the last glacial-interglacial cycles and its possible impact of seepage of gas have rarely been studied. Here, we present a detailed history of contourite development covering the last ∼130,000 years with most details for the last 60,000 years. The study is based on 43 marine sediment cores and 1,430 km of shallow seismic lines covering the ridge including methane seep sites, with the purpose of reconstructing changes in depositional patterns in relation to paleoceanographical changes on glacial, interglacial, and millennial time scale in relation to activity of seepage of gas. The results show that thick Holocene deposits occurred below ∼1,250 m water depth in the western part of the ridge. Both in pockmarks at western and eastern Vestnesa Ridge, seepage decreased at ∼10–9 ka in the early Holocene. The fine Holocene mud likely reduced seepage to a slow diffusion of gas and microbial oxidation probably prevented escape from the seafloor. Results also showed that seepage of gas was highly variable during the glacial, and low to moderate during the cold Heinrich stadial H1 (19–15 ka) and Younger Dryas stadial (13–12 ka). Seepage reached a maximum during the deglaciation in the Bølling and Allerød interstadials 15–13 ka and early Holocene 12–10 ka. The deglaciation was a period of rapid climatic, oceanographic, and environmental changes. Seepage of gas varied closely with these events indicating that slower tectonic/isostatic movements probably played a minor role in these millennial scale rapid fluctuations in gas emission. Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard Svalbard margin University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Svalbard Frontiers in Earth Science 12 |
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Vestnesa Ridge is built-up of thick contourites mainly deposited during the last ∼5 million years. Methane leaks from deep gas reservoirs creating pockmarks on its crest, and which have been the focus of numerous studies. Sedimentation patterns in relation to the pronounced changes in oceanography and climate of the last glacial-interglacial cycles and its possible impact of seepage of gas have rarely been studied. Here, we present a detailed history of contourite development covering the last ∼130,000 years with most details for the last 60,000 years. The study is based on 43 marine sediment cores and 1,430 km of shallow seismic lines covering the ridge including methane seep sites, with the purpose of reconstructing changes in depositional patterns in relation to paleoceanographical changes on glacial, interglacial, and millennial time scale in relation to activity of seepage of gas. The results show that thick Holocene deposits occurred below ∼1,250 m water depth in the western part of the ridge. Both in pockmarks at western and eastern Vestnesa Ridge, seepage decreased at ∼10–9 ka in the early Holocene. The fine Holocene mud likely reduced seepage to a slow diffusion of gas and microbial oxidation probably prevented escape from the seafloor. Results also showed that seepage of gas was highly variable during the glacial, and low to moderate during the cold Heinrich stadial H1 (19–15 ka) and Younger Dryas stadial (13–12 ka). Seepage reached a maximum during the deglaciation in the Bølling and Allerød interstadials 15–13 ka and early Holocene 12–10 ka. The deglaciation was a period of rapid climatic, oceanographic, and environmental changes. Seepage of gas varied closely with these events indicating that slower tectonic/isostatic movements probably played a minor role in these millennial scale rapid fluctuations in gas emission. |
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Glacial-interglacial sedimentation control on gas seepage exemplified by Vestnesa Ridge off NW Svalbard margin |
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Glacial-interglacial sedimentation control on gas seepage exemplified by Vestnesa Ridge off NW Svalbard margin |
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Glacial-interglacial sedimentation control on gas seepage exemplified by Vestnesa Ridge off NW Svalbard margin |
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Glacial-interglacial sedimentation control on gas seepage exemplified by Vestnesa Ridge off NW Svalbard margin |
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Frontiers in Earth Science Norges forskningsråd: 223259 Tromsø forskningsstiftelse: Paleo-CIRCUS Rasmussen TLR, Nielsen T. Glacial-interglacial sedimentation control on gas seepage exemplified by Vestnesa Ridge off NW Svalbard margin. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2024;12 FRIDAID 2259668 doi:10.3389/feart.2024.1356341 2296-6463 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/33369 |
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