Widespread methane seepage along the continental margin off Svalbard - from Bjørnøya to Kongsfjorden

Mau, S.; Romer, M.; Torres, M. E.; Bussmann, I.; Pape, T.; Damm, E.; Geprags, P.; Wintersteller, P.; Hsu, C. -W.; Loher, M.; Bohrmann, G.

doi:10.1038/srep42997

Title: Widespread methane seepage along the continental margin off Svalbard - from Bjørnøya to Kongsfjorden

Journal Article · Thu Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep42997· OSTI ID:1361682

Mau, S. ^[1]; Romer, M. ^[1]; Torres, M. E. ^[2]; Bussmann, I. ^[3]; Pape, T. ^[1]; Damm, E. ^[3]; Geprags, P. ^[1]; Wintersteller, P. ^[1]; Hsu, C. -W. ^[1]; Loher, M. ^[1]; Bohrmann, G. ^[1]

Univ. of Bremen (Germany). Dept. of Geosciences. Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Alfred Wegener Inst. Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (Germany)

Numerous articles have recently reported on gas seepage offshore Svalbard, because the gas emission from these Arctic sediments was thought to result from gas hydrate dissociation, possibly triggered by anthropogenic ocean warming. We report on findings of a much broader seepage area, extending from 74° to 79°, where more than a thousand gas discharge sites were imaged as acoustic flares. The gas discharge occurs in water depths at and shallower than the upper edge of the gas hydrate stability zone and generates a dissolved methane plume that is hundreds of kilometer in length. Data collected in the summer of 2015 revealed that 0.02–7.7% of the dissolved methane was aerobically oxidized by microbes and a minor fraction (0.07%) was transferred to the atmosphere during periods of low wind speeds. Most flares were detected in the vicinity of the Hornsund Fracture Zone, leading us to postulate that the gas ascends along this fracture zone. The methane discharges on bathymetric highs characterized by sonic hard grounds, whereas glaciomarine and Holocene sediments in the troughs apparently limit seepage. The large scale seepage reported here is not caused by anthropogenic warming.

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Research Organization:: Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States); Univ. of Bremen (Germany)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); German Research Foundation (DFG); Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) Foundation (Germany); Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) (Germany)

Contributing Organization:: Alfred Wegener Inst. Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (Germany)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0013531; MA 3961/2-1; 03SX346B

OSTI ID:: 1361682

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 7; ISSN 2045-2322

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