A gas-hydrate related BSR on the W-Svalbard margin: distribution, geological control and formation mechanisms

• Main Author: Vevik, Kristine
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2011
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Marin geologi: 466; EOM-3901; Svalbard; Molloy; Knipovich Ridge; Molloy Ridge; Svalbard margin
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/3474

A widespread bottom-simulating reflection (BSR) defining the base of the gas hydrate stability zone (BGHSZ) exists on seismic data from the western Svalbard margin, including the Vestnesa Ridge, which is a mounded and elongated sediment drift NW of Svalbard to the north of the Molloy Transform. The...