Wallmann, Klaus; Riedel, M.; Hong, Wei-Li; Patton, Henry; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd; Pape, T.; Hsu, C.W.; Schmidt, C.; Johnson, Joel E.; Torres, M.E.; Andreassen, Karin; Berndt, C.; Bohrmann, G (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-08)
Methane seepage from the upper continental slopes of Western Svalbard has previously
been attributed to gas hydrate dissociation induced by anthropogenic warming of ambient
bottom waters. Here we show that sediment cores drilled off Prins Karls Foreland contain
freshwater from dissociating hydrates. However, our modeling indicates that the observed
pore water freshening began around 8 ka BP when ...