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| Sarkar, Sudipta; Basak, Chandranath; Frank, Martin; Berndt, Christian; Huuse, Mads; Badhani, Shray; Bialas, Joerg. |
| The formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is critical for the evolution of the global climate, but the timing of its onset is not well constrained. Here, we present new seismic evidence of widespread Late Eocene to Oligocene marine diagenetic chert in sedimentary drift deposits east of New Zealand indicating prolonged periods of blooms of siliceous microorganisms starting ~36 million years ago (Ma). These major blooms reflect the initiation of the arrival and upwelling of northern-sourced, nutrient-rich deep equatorial Pacific waters at the high latitudes of the South Pacific. We show that this change in circulation was linked to the initiation of a proto-ACC, which occurred ~6 Ma earlier than the currently estimated onset of the ACC at... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00506/61778/65775.pdf |
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| Graves, Carolyn A.; James, Rachael H.; Sapart, Celia Julia; Stott, Andrew W.; Wright, Ian C.; Berndt, Christian; Westbrook, Graham; Connelly, Douglas P.. |
| Offshore western Svalbard plumes of gas bubbles rise from the seafloor at the landward limit of the gas hydrate stability zone (LLGHSZ; ∼400 m water depth). It is hypothesized that this methane may, in part, come from dissociation of gas hydrate in the underlying sediments in response to recent warming of ocean bottom waters. To evaluate the potential role of gas hydrate in the supply of methane to the shallow subsurface sediments, and the role of anaerobic oxidation in regulating methane fluxes across the sediment-seawater interface, we have characterised the chemical and isotopic compositions of the gases and sediment pore waters. The molecular and isotopic signatures of gas in the bubble plumes (C1/C2+ = 1 × 104; δ13C-CH4 = -55 to -51 ‰; δD-CH4 = -187... |
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Palavras-chave: Methane; Seafloor sediments; Gas hydrate; Offshore Svalbard; Seabed fluxes; Anaerobic oxidation. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00358/46914/46819.pdf |
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| Berndt, Christian; Cattaneo, Antonio; Szuman, Magdalena; Trincardi, Fabio; Masson, Doug. |
| The late Holocene mud wedge on the Adriatic shelf offshore Ortona, Italy, shows undulating sub-parallel seismic reflector sequences which extend several kilometres along strike and 100200 m down-dip in water depth between 20 and 80 m. The amplitude of such undulations is up to 5 m and the undulations continue as stacked sediment packages downwards throughout the 35 m thick mud wedge. The undulations are separated by 4° to 5° dipping boundary zones and at first glance these sediment undulations resemble the seafloor sedimentary structures visible in the Humboldt Feature offshore California. There is an ongoing debate whether seafloor undulations are the result of deformation processes or sediment deposition and/or reworking due to submarine shelf currents.... |
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Palavras-chave: Adriatic Sea; Seismic amplitudes; Submarine creep; Sediment waves. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2280.pdf |
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