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Gas seeps and gas hydrates in the Amazon deep-sea fan
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- Ketzer, João Marcelo (författare)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil
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- Augustin, Adolpho (författare)
- Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil
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- Rodrigues, Luiz Frederico (författare)
- Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil
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- Oliveira, Rafael (författare)
- Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil
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- Praeg, Daniel (författare)
- Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil;Géoazur, France
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- Gomez Pivel, Maria Aljandra (författare)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
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- dos Reis, Antonio Tadeu (författare)
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brazil
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- Silva, Cleverson (författare)
- Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil
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- Leonel, Bruno (författare)
- Seaseep Dados de Petróleo, Brazil
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- 2018-08-17
- 2018
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Geo-Marine Letters. - : Springer. - 0276-0460 .- 1432-1157. ; 38:5, s. 429-438
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- Deep-sea fans have been proposed to act as carbon sinks, rapid deposition driving shallow methanogenesis to favor net storage within the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ). Here, we present new evidence of widespread gas venting from the GHSZ on the upper Amazon deep-sea fan, together with analyses of the first samples of gas hydrates recovered offshore NE Brazil. Multibeam water column and seafloor imagery over an 18,000-km2 area of the upper Amazon fan reveal 53 water column gas plumes, rising from venting features in water depths of 650–2600 m. Most gas vents (60%) are located along seafloor faults that record the ongoing gravitational collapse of the fan above deep décollements, while others (40%) are located in water depths of 650–715 m within the upper edge of the GHSZ. Gas compositions from hydrates recovered in vents at three locations on and north of the fan indicate biogenic sources (dominantly methane with 2–15% of CO2; δ13C from − 81.1 to − 77.3‰), whereas samples from vents adjacent to the fan proper include possible thermogenic contributions (methane 95%, CO2 4%, and ethane 1%; δ13C – 59.2‰). These results concur with previous findings that the upper edge of the GHSZ may be sensitive to temporal changes in water temperatures, but further point to the importance of gas escape from within areas of gas hydrate stability. Our results suggest the role of fluid migration along pathways created by faulting within rapidly deposited passive margin depocenters, which are increasingly recognized to undergo gravitational collapse above décollements. Our findings add to evidence that gas can escape from sediments to the sea in areas where gas hydrates are stable on passive margins, and suggest the need of further studies of the dynamics of deep-sea depocenters in relation to carbon cycling.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
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- Natural Science
- Naturvetenskap
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