Gas hydrate dissociation off Svalbard induced by isostatic rebound rather than global warming
Methane seepage from continental slopes has been attributed to gas hydrate dissociation induced by anthropogenic bottom water warming. Here, the authors show that hydrates dissociated before the Anthropocene when the isostatic rebound induced by deglaciation of the Arctic ice sheet outpaced eustatic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-01-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02550-9 |