Amount and Fate of Gas and Oil Discharged at 3400 m Water Depth From a Natural Seep Site in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

This multi-disciplinary study of the hydrocarbon seepage system at Tsanyao Yang Knoll (TYK) in the southern Gulf of Mexico illustrates the amount and fate of hydrocarbons (mainly oil and methane) emanating from the seafloor structure and rising through a 3400 m water column. TYK forms part of the Ca...

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Main Authors: Miriam Römer, Chieh-Wei Hsu, Markus Loher, Ian R. MacDonald, Christian dos Santos Ferreira, Thomas Pape, Susan Mau, Gerhard Bohrmann, Heiko Sahling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00700/full