Riedel, Michael, Scherwath, Martin, Römer, M., Veloso, Mario, Heesemann, M. and Spence, G. D. (2018) Distributed natural gas venting offshore along the Cascadia margin Nature Communications, 9 (3264). DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-05736-x.
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Abstract
Widespread gas venting along the Cascadia margin is investigated from acoustic water column data and reveals a nonuniform regional distribution of over 1100 mapped acoustic flares. The highest number of flares occurs on the shelf, and the highest flare density is seen around the nutrition-rich outflow of the Juan de Fuca Strait. We determine similar to 430 flow-rates at similar to 340 individual flare locations along the margin with instantaneous in situ values ranging from similar to 6 mL min(-1) to similar to 18 L min(-1). Applying a tidal-modulation model, a depth-dependent methane density, and extrapolating these results across the margin using two normalization techniques yields a combined average in situ flow-rate of similar to 88 x 10(6) kg y(-1). The average methane flux-rate for the Cascadia margin is thus estimated to similar to 0.9 g y(-1) m(-2). Combined uncertainties result in a range of these values between 4.5 and 1800% of the estimated mean values.
Document Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | METHANE HYDRATE DEPOSITS; NORTHERN CASCADIA; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; MARINE-SEDIMENTS; VANCOUVER-ISLAND; SUBDUCTION ZONE; FLUID EXPULSION; BLACK-SEA; BUBBLES; OCEAN |
Research affiliation: | MARUM OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB2 Marine Biogeochemistry > FB2-MG Marine Geosystems OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB4 Dynamics of the Ocean Floor > FB4-GDY Marine Geodynamics |
Refereed: | Yes |
DOI etc.: | 10.1038/s41467-018-05736-x |
ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2018 08:06 |
Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2018 08:13 |
URI: | http://eprints.uni-kiel.de/id/eprint/44087 |
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