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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Main Authors: Klaus Wallmann, M. Riedel, W. L. Hong, H. Patton, A. Hubbard, T. Pape, C. W. Hsu, C. Schmidt, J. E. Johnson, M. E. Torres, K. Andreassen, C. Berndt, G. Bohrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02550-9