A Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Subduction Margin: Evidence From a Heat Flux Transect Across the Upper Limit of Gas Hydrate Stability: Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Margin
Abstract
Abstract A transect of seafloor heat probe measurements on the Hikurangi Margin shows a significant increase of thermal gradients upslope of the updip limit of gas hydrate stability at the seafloor. We interpret these anomalously high thermal gradients as evidence for a fluid pulse leading to advective heat flux, while endothermic cooling from gas hydrate dissociation depresses temperatures in the hydrate stability field. Previous studies predict a seamount on the subducting Pacific Plate to cause significant overpressure beneath our study area, which may be the source of the fluid pulse. Double‐bottom simulating reflections are present in our study area and likely caused by uplift based on gas hydrate phase boundary considerations, although we cannot exclude a thermogenic origin. We suggest that uplift may be associated with the leading edge of the subducting seamount. Our results provide further evidence for the transient nature of fluid expulsion in subduction zones.
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[2];
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- Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand)
- Univ. of Bremen (Germany)
- GNS Science, Wellington (New Zealand)
- NIWA, Wellington (New Zealand)
- Univ. of Jena (Germany)
- Texas A & M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Praxair, Inc., Danbury, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1537306
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1415236
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0026163
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 44; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; Geology
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Pecher, I. A., Villinger, H., Kaul, N., Crutchley, G. J., Mountjoy, J. J., Huhn, K., Kukowski, N., Henrys, S. A., Rose, P. S., and Coffin, R. B. A Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Subduction Margin: Evidence From a Heat Flux Transect Across the Upper Limit of Gas Hydrate Stability: Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Margin. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/2017gl076368.
Pecher, I. A., Villinger, H., Kaul, N., Crutchley, G. J., Mountjoy, J. J., Huhn, K., Kukowski, N., Henrys, S. A., Rose, P. S., & Coffin, R. B. A Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Subduction Margin: Evidence From a Heat Flux Transect Across the Upper Limit of Gas Hydrate Stability: Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Margin. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gl076368
Pecher, I. A., Villinger, H., Kaul, N., Crutchley, G. J., Mountjoy, J. J., Huhn, K., Kukowski, N., Henrys, S. A., Rose, P. S., and Coffin, R. B. Thu .
"A Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Subduction Margin: Evidence From a Heat Flux Transect Across the Upper Limit of Gas Hydrate Stability: Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Margin". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gl076368. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1537306.
@article{osti_1537306,
title = {A Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Subduction Margin: Evidence From a Heat Flux Transect Across the Upper Limit of Gas Hydrate Stability: Fluid Pulse on the Hikurangi Margin},
author = {Pecher, I. A. and Villinger, H. and Kaul, N. and Crutchley, G. J. and Mountjoy, J. J. and Huhn, K. and Kukowski, N. and Henrys, S. A. and Rose, P. S. and Coffin, R. B.},
abstractNote = {Abstract A transect of seafloor heat probe measurements on the Hikurangi Margin shows a significant increase of thermal gradients upslope of the updip limit of gas hydrate stability at the seafloor. We interpret these anomalously high thermal gradients as evidence for a fluid pulse leading to advective heat flux, while endothermic cooling from gas hydrate dissociation depresses temperatures in the hydrate stability field. Previous studies predict a seamount on the subducting Pacific Plate to cause significant overpressure beneath our study area, which may be the source of the fluid pulse. Double‐bottom simulating reflections are present in our study area and likely caused by uplift based on gas hydrate phase boundary considerations, although we cannot exclude a thermogenic origin. We suggest that uplift may be associated with the leading edge of the subducting seamount. Our results provide further evidence for the transient nature of fluid expulsion in subduction zones.},
doi = {10.1002/2017gl076368},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 24,
volume = 44,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Thu Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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