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dc.contributor.authorMazzini, Adriano
dc.contributor.authorSvensen, Henrik
dc.contributor.authorForsberg, Carl Fredrik
dc.contributor.authorLinge, Henriette
dc.contributor.authorLauritzen, Stein-Erik
dc.contributor.authorHaflidason, Haflidi
dc.contributor.authorHammer, Øyvind
dc.contributor.authorPlanke, Sverre
dc.contributor.authorTjelta, Tor-Inge
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-12T12:24:37Z
dc.date.available2018-02-12T12:24:37Z
dc.date.created2017-02-24T09:18:18Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationEarth and Planetary Science Letters. 2017, 464 24-34.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0012-821X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2484097
dc.description.abstractPockmarks are seafloor craters usually formed during methane release on continental margins. However, the mechanisms behind their formation and dynamics remain elusive. Here we report detailed investigations on one of the World's largest pockmark fields located in the Troll region in the northern North Sea. Seafloor investigations show that >7000 pockmarks are present in a ∼600 km2 area. A similar density of pockmarks is likely present over a 15,000 km2 region outside our study area. Based on extensive monitoring, coring, geophysical and geochemical analyses, no indications of active gas seepage were found. Still, geochemical data from carbonate blocks collected from these pockmarks indicate a methanogenic origin linked to gas hydrate dissociation and past fluid venting at the seafloor. We have dated the carbonates using the U–Th method in order to constrain the pockmark formation. The carbonates gave an isochron age of 9.59±1.38 ka9.59±1.38 ka, i.e. belonging to the initial Holocene. Moreover, radiocarbon dating of microfossils in the sediments inside the pockmarks is consistent with the ages derived from the carbonates. Based on pressure and temperature modelling, we show that the last deglaciation could have triggered dissociation of gas hydrates present in the region of the northern part of the Norwegian Channel, causing degassing of 0.26 MtCH4/km2 at the seafloor. Our results stress the importance of external climatic forcing of the dynamics of the seafloor, and the role of the rapid warming following the Younger Dryas in pacing the marine gas hydrate reservoir.
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.titleA climatic trigger for the giant Troll pockmark field in the northern North Seanb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionsubmittedVersion
dc.source.pagenumber24-34nb_NO
dc.source.volume464nb_NO
dc.source.journalEarth and Planetary Science Lettersnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.014
dc.identifier.cristin1453569
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 223272nb_NO
dc.relation.projectEU/308126nb_NO
cristin.unitcode7452,4,3,0
cristin.unitnameOffshore geoteknikk
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