• Evidence of Arctic methane emissions across the mid-Pleistocene 

      Panieri, Giuliana; Knies, Jochen Manfred; Vadakkepuliyambatta, Sunil; Lee, Amicia; Schubert, Carsten J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-08)
      During the Pleistocene, Earth’s climate changed dramatically. The mid-Pleistocene transition (MPT; ~1.3–0.7 million years (Ma)) featured an important ice volume increase at both poles. The evolution of large Arctic ice sheets caused the sequestration of methane as free gas and hydrates in subseabed sediments. Ice volume changes, associated with variable pressures and temperatures, perturbed those ...
    • Methane transport and sources in an Arctic deep-water cold seep offshore NW Svalbard (Vestnesa Ridge, 79°N) 

      Sauer, Simone; Hong, Wei-Li; Yao, Haoyi; Lepland, Aivo; Klug, Martin; Eichinger, Florian; Himmler, Tobias; Cremiere, Antoine; Panieri, Giuliana; Schubert, Carsten J.; Knies, Jochen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-29)
      We investigate the uppermost 60 cm of sediment in active pockmarks of a deep-water methane seep site from Vestnesa Ridge offshore NW Svalbard. Using video guided core sampling with a remotely operated vehicle we collected push cores directly from bacterial mats within two active pockmarks, Lunde and Lomvi. Pore water analyses show very shallow sulphate methane transition zones and transport-reaction ...
    • Redox-dependent niche differentiation provides evidence for multiple bacterial sources of glycerol tetraether lipids in lakes 

      Weber, Yuki; Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S.; Zopfi, Jakob; De Jonge, Cindy; Gilli, Adrian; Schubert, Carsten J.; Lepori, Fabio; Lehmann, Moritz F.; Niemann, Helge (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-23)
      Terrestrial paleoclimate archives such as lake sediments are essential for our understanding of the continental climate system and for the modeling of future climate scenarios. However, quantitative proxies for the determination of paleotemperatures are sparse. The relative abundances of certain bacterial lipids, i.e., branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs), respond to changes in ...
    • Sources and turnover of organic carbon and methane in fjord and shelf sediments off Northern Norway 

      Sauer, Simone; Hong, Wei-Li; Knies, Jochen; Lepland, Aivo; Forwick, Matthias; Klug, Martin; Eichinger, Florian; Baranwal, Soma; Cremiere, Antoine; Chand, Shyam; Schubert, Carsten J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-22)
      To better understand the present and past carbon cycling and transformation processes in methane-influenced fjord and shelf areas of northern Norway, we compared two sediment cores from the Hola trough and from Ullsfjorden. We investigated (1) the organic matter composition and sedimentological characteristics to study the sources of organic carbon (C<sub>org</sub>) and the factors influencing ...
    • U-Th chronology and formation controls of methane-derived authigenic carbonates from the Hola trough seep area, northern Norway 

      Sauer, Simone; Knies, Jochen; Lepland, Aivo; Sahy, Diana; Martma, Tõnu; Noble, Stephen R.; Schönenbergerb, Jasmin; Klug, Martin; Schubert, Carsten J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-20)
      We investigated methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) crusts and nodules from a cold seep site on the northern Norwegian continental shelf in ca. 220 m water depth to determine the timing and mode of their formation. Gas bubbling observed during remotely operated vehicle (ROV)-assisted sampling of MDAC crusts revealed ongoing seep activity. Authigenic carbonates were present as crusts on the ...