[HTML][HTML] Geological and glaciological controls of 21,700 active methane seeps in the northern Norwegian Barents sea

P Serov, K Andreassen, M Winsborrow… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Due to tectonic uplift in the Cenozoic and numerous shelf-wide glaciations during the
Quaternary,∼ 1–2.5 km of sedimentary overburden has been eroded from the Barents Sea …

[HTML][HTML] Biogeochemical investigations of methane seepage at the ultraslow-spreading Arctic mid-ocean ridge: Svyatogor ridge, Fram Strait

C Argentino, C Borrelli, A Akinselure… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Arctic continental shelves are important reservoirs of methane stored in gas hydrates
and deeper geological formations. However, little is known about methane dynamics in …

Protracted post-glacial hydrocarbon seepage in the Barents Sea revealed by U–Th dating of seep carbonates

T Himmler, D Wagner, D Sahy… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The hydrocarbon seepage chronology during deglaciation across the formerly glaciated
Barents Sea was established using uranium-thorium (U–Th) dating of seep carbonates …

Inhabitation of bathyal hydrocarbon seeps by early-branching benthic foraminifera: Implications for Neo-Proterozoic ecosystem functioning

SM Rohret, JM Bernhard - Journal of Foraminiferal …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Little is known about mechanisms allowing agglutinated and thecate (ie, organic-walled)
foraminifera associated with extreme environments to survive. Here, we present cytological …

Age-dating and assumptions testing of 226Ra and 228Ra decay series applied to barite chimneys and mud volcanoes in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

P Aharon, DL Van Gent, B Fu - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
A chronological framework of ocean-based methane emissions is a prerequisite to identify
the factors controlling the flux and duration of gas venting into the atmosphere. Here we …

The discovery of Borealis mud volcano: a natural sanctuary for threatened Arctic species

G Panieri, C Argentino, A Savini, B Ferré, R Mattingsdal… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
This paper presents the recent discovery of Borealis, a submerged mud volcano
systemlocated in the Polar North Atlantic, distinct from the numerous methane seepages …

Protracted post-glacial hydrocarbon seepage in the

BS revealed by U-Th - Natural Methane Emissions in a Changing …, 2024 - books.google.com
Hydrocarbon seeps occur on the seafloor where upward migrating hydrocarbon-rich fluids
emanate, delivering dissolved and free gas by diffusion and ebullition from the sediment into …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea) cold seep systems by combining ROV-based acoustic data and underwater photogrammetry

L Fallati, G Panieri, C Argentino, AG Varzi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cold-seeps have a unique geo-ecological significance in the deep-sea environment. They
impact the variability of present-day submarine sedimentary environments, affecting the …