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| Goswami, Bedanta K.; Weitemeyer, Karen A.; Minshull, Timothy A.; Sinha, Martin C.; Westbrook, Graham; Chabert, Anne; Henstock, Timothy J.; Ker, Stephan. |
| We acquired coincident marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM), high-resolution seismic reflection and ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) data over an active pockmark in the crest of the southern part of the Vestnesa Ridge, to estimate fluid composition within an underlying fluid-migration chimney. Synthetic model studies suggest resistivity obtained from CSEM data can resolve gas or hydrate saturation greater than 5% within the chimney. Acoustic chimneys imaged by seismic reflection data beneath the pockmark and on the ridge flanks, were found to be associated with high-resistivity anomalies (+2-4 m). High-velocity anomalies (+0.3 km/s), within the gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ) and low-velocity anomalies (-0.2 km/s) underlying the GHSZ, were also... |
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Palavras-chave: Gas hydrate; Svalbard; CSEM; Saturation; Pockmark; Vestnesa. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00283/39458/37928.pdf |
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| Ker, Stephan; Thomas, Yannick; Riboulot, Vincent; Sultan, Nabil; Bernard, Céline; Scalabrin, Carla; Ion, G; Marsset, Bruno. |
| A comprehensive characterization of the gas hydrate system offshore the western Black Sea was performed through an integrated analysis of geophysical data. We detected the Bottom Simulating Reflector (BSR), which marks, in this area, the base of gas hydrate stability. The observed BSR depth does not fit the theoretical steady-state base of gas hydrate stability zone (BGHSZ). We show that the disparity between the BSR and predicted BGHSZ is the result of a transient state of the hydrate system due to the ongoing re-equilibrium since the Last Glacial Maximum. When gas hydrates are brought outside the stability zone due to changes in temperature and sea level, their dissociation generates an increase in interstitial pore pressure. This process is favorable to... |
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Palavras-chave: Gas hydrate; BSR; Excess pore pressure; Black Sea. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00474/58531/61081.pdf |
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| Marsset, Bruno; Menut, Eric; Ker, Stephan; Thomas, Yannick; Regnault, Jean-pierre; Leon, Pierre; Martinossi, Henri; Artzner, Laurent; Chenot, Damien; Dentrecolas, Stephane; Spychalski, B.; Mellier, G.; Sultan, Nabil. |
| High Resolution (220–1050 Hz) seismic acquisition performed in deep water using deep-towed systems provides unrivalled lateral resolution when compared to conventional surface seismic. The lateral resolution of these acquisitions is controlled by the width of the first Fresnel zone, taking advantage of their positions close to the sea bottom. No current existing deep towed equipment can benefit from seismic imaging processing techniques to improve this resolution as a consequence of positioning inaccuracies. The technological developments of a digital deep-towed multichannel streamer are presented with a particular attention to positioning: each hydrophone incorporates a pitch, roll and heading sensor in order to monitor the constant deformation of the... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep-towed seismics; Multichannel streamer; Seismic imaging. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00206/31745/35690.pdf |
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| Marsset, Bruno; Ker, Stephan; Thomas, Yannick; Colin, Florent. |
| The acquisition of high resolution seismic data in deep waters requires the development of deep towed seismic sources and receivers able to deal with the high hydrostatic pressure environment. The low frequency piezoelectric transducer of the SYSIF (SYstème Sismique Fond) deep towed seismic device comply with the former requirement taking advantage of the coupling of a mechanical resonance (Janus driver) and a fluid resonance (Helmholtz cavity) to produce a large frequency bandwidth acoustic signal (220–1050 Hz). The ability to perform deep towed multichannel seismic imaging with SYSIF was demonstrated in 2014, yet, the ability to determine P-wave velocity distribution wasn't achieved. P-wave velocity analysis relies on the ratio between the... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep-towed seismic; Seismic imaging; P-wave velocity distribution. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00418/52971/53908.pdf |
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| Ker, Stephan. |
| High Resolution marine seismic is a common tool to indirectly study the fine scale structures of the sub-seabed and its related geohazards. In water depths, ranging from the continental slope to deep oceanic basin, high resolution seismic imaging cannot be achieved with conventional near-surface system due to a number of shortcomings. Since the 90s, the acquisition strategy has therefore striven for lowering both seismic sources and receivers close to the seafloor. Ifremer has recently developed a deep-towed seismic system (SYSIF), based on piezoelectric transducer technology and dedicated to the study of superficial sediments up to 6000 m water depth. Our objective is to achieve seismic imaging and seismic characterization at small scales consistent with... |
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| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00160/27153/25352.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Riboulot, Vincent; Ker, Stephan; Marsset, Bruno; Geli, Louis; Tary, Jean-baptiste; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Voisset, Michel; Lanfumey, Valentine; Colliat, Jean-louis; Adamy, Jerome; Grimaud, S.. |
| Gas hydrates were recovered by coring at the eastern border of a shale-cored anticline in the eastern Niger Delta. To characterize the link between faults and fluid release and to identify the role of fluid flow in the gas hydrate dynamics, three piezometers were deployed for periods ranging from 387 to 435 days. Two of them were deployed along a major fault linked to a shallow hydrocarbon reservoir while the third monitored the fluid pressure in a pockmark aligned above the same major fault. In addition, 10 ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) were deployed for around 60 days. The piezometers simultaneously registered a prolonged fluid flow event lasting 90 days. During this time, OBS measurements record several episodic fluid release events. By combining and... |
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| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00060/17106/14624.pdf |
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| Ker, Stephan; Le Gonidec, Yves. |
| A varying Q factor with depth induces modifications of seismic wave features due to anelastic propagation but also reflections at the discontinuities. Standard signal analysis methods often neglect the reflection contribution when assessing Q values from seismic data. We have developed an analytical quantification of the cumulative effects of both the propagation and reflection contributions by considering the Kjartansson's model and a seismic plane wave at normal incidence on a step-like discontinuity. We show that the cumulative effects are equivalent to a frequency filter characterized by a bandform and phase that both depend on the ratio between the elastic and anelastic contrasts. When considering this filter applied to a Ricker wavelet, we establish... |
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Palavras-chave: Seismic attenuation; Q factor; Anelasticity; Seismic data analysis. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00640/75240/75398.pdf |
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| Ker, Stephan; Le Gonidec, Y.; Marsset, Bruno; Westbrook, Graham; Gibert, D.; Minshull, T. A.. |
| In the context of seismic imaging of gas/gas-hydrate systems, the fine-scale structure of subseabed gas-related reflections is assessed by taking advantage of the source signature of the deep-towed high-resolution SYSIF seismic device. We demonstrate the value of an original wavelet-based method and associated multiscale seismic attributes, applied to seismic data recently acquired on the western margin of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. From analysis in the wavelet domain, we recognize two types of gas-related reflections associated with submetre-scale distribution of gas. We identify a thin gas-charged layer associated with an apparent normal polarity reflection, and we detect gas patches associated with a reverse-polarity bright spot with... |
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Palavras-chave: Wavelet transform; Gas and hydrate systems; Wave propagation; Acoustic properties; Arctic region. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00175/28602/27019.pdf |
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| Colin, Florent; Ker, Stephan; Marsset, Bruno. |
| Very High-Resolution (VHR) marine seismic reflection helps to identify and characterize potential geohazards occurring in the upper part (300 m) of the sub-seafloor. Whereas the lateral and vertical resolutions achieved in shallow water depth (<200 m) using conventional surface-towed technology are adequate, these resolutions quickly deteriorate at greater water depths. SYSIF (SYstème SIsmique Fond), a multichannel deep-towed seismic system, has been designed to acquire VHR data (frequency bandwidth [220-1050 Hz] and vertical resolution of 0.6 m) at great water depths. However, the processing of deep-towed multichannel data is challenging as both the source and receivers are constantly moving with respect to each other according to the towing... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00633/74486/74306.pdf |
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| Ker, Stephan; Le Gonidec, Yves. |
| Multiscale seismic attributes based on the wavelet transform properties have been recently introduced and successfully applied to identify the geometry of a complex seismic reflector in an elastic medium. In the present paper, we extend this quantitative approach to anelastic media where intrinsic attenuation modifies the seismic attributes and thus requires a specific processing to retrieve them properly. The method assumes both an attenuation linearly dependent with the seismic wave frequency and a seismic source wavelet approximated with a Gaussian derivative function. We highlight a quasi-conservation of the Gaussian character of the wavelet during its propagation. We show that this shape can be accurately modeled by a Gaussian derivative function... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00409/52034/52700.pdf |
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| Riboulot, Vincent; Ker, Stephan; Sultan, Nabil; Thomas, Yannick; Marsset, Bruno; Scalabrin, Carla; Ruffine, Livio; Boulart, Cedric; Ion, Gabriel. |
| Gas hydrates, a solid established by water and gas molecules, are widespread along the continental margins of the world. Their dynamics have mainly been regarded through the lens of temperature-pressure conditions. A fluctuation in one of these parameters may cause destabilization of gas hydrate-bearing sediments below the seafloor with implications in ocean acidification and eventually in global warming. Here we show throughout an example of the Black Sea, the world’s most isolated sea, evidence that extensive gas hydrate dissociation may occur in the future due to recent salinity changes of the sea water. Recent and forthcoming salt diffusion within the sediment will destabilize gas hydrates by reducing the extension and thickness of their thermodynamic... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00418/52981/53916.pdf |
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| Ker, Stephan; Riboulot, Vincent; Ghass Cruise Team,. |
| The objectives of the GHASS (Gas Hydrates, fluid Activities and Sediment deformations in the western Black Sea) cruise are twofold but interconnected. The first aim is to study the dynamics of gas hydrates and free gas associated with geological and climate processes. The second aim is to identify the factors at the origin of observed sediment deformations and submarine landslides in two areas in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. For the cruise we use quantitative approaches based on multidisciplinary studies (geochemistry, geology, geophysics and geotechnics). Gas hydrates and free gas were detected using surface and deep-towed HR seismic (SYSIF) techniques and by performing in situ geotechnical and acoustic measurements using the Ifremer penetrometer... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00300/41141/40329.pdf |
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| Sultan, Nabil; Marsset, Bruno; Ker, Stephan; Marsset, Tania; Voisset, Michel; Vernant, Antoine-mathieu; Bayon, Germain; Cauquil, Eric; Adamy, J.; Colliat, J. L.; Drapeau, D.. |
| Based on acquired geophysical, geological and geotechnical data and modeling, we suggest hydrate dissolution to cause sediment collapse and pockmark formation in the Niger delta. Very high-resolution bathymetry data acquired from the Niger delta reveal the morphology of pockmarks with different shapes and sizes going from a small ring depression surrounding an irregular floor to more typical pockmarks with uniform depression. Geophysical data, in situ piezocone measurements, piezometer measurements and sediment cores demonstrate the presence of a common internal architecture of the studied pockmarks: inner sediments rich in gas hydrates surrounded by overpressured sediments. The temperature, pressure and salinity conditions of the studied area have allowed... |
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Palavras-chave: Methane gas hydrate; Sea floor; Marine sediments; Pore pressure; Porous media; Continental margin; Clathrate hydrate; Fluid flow; Stability; Slope. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00012/12300/9092.pdf |
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| Garziglia, Sebastien; Sultan, Nabil; Cattaneo, Antonio; Ker, Stephan; Marsset, Bruno; Riboulot, Vincent; Voisset, Michel; Adamy, J.; Unterseh,. |
| In a site investigation of the eastern part of the offshore Niger delta, cone penetration tests (CPTU) showed significant drops in tip resistance, associated with decreases in sleeve friction and induced excess pore pressures at the interface between superficial sediments and the underlying deposits of a mass-transport complex (MTC) called NG1. Such signature characteristics of weakened zones are clearly expressed at three sites where the drop in tip resistance reaches more than 40% over 2-3 m-thick intervals. Correlations between CPTU profiles and both 3D and ultrahigh-resolution 2D seismic data suggest that the weakened zones surround syndepositional the within the frontal part of NG1. Hence, weakening appears associated with the remobilization of thrust... |
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Palavras-chave: Cone penetration tests; Shear zone; 3D seismic data; Ultrahigh-resolution 2D seismic; Mass-transport complex; Slope stability. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00105/21662/19695.pdf |
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| Ballas, Gregory; Garziglia, Sebastien; Sultan, Nabil; Pelleter, Ewan; Toucanne, Samuel; Marsset, Tania; Riboulot, Vincent; Ker, Stephan. |
| The geotechnical properties of clay sediments were investigated using laboratory and in-situ measurements as part of the geohazard assessment in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea affected by landslides and seafloor deformation features. The sediments were characterized as predominantly high plastic silty clay of high compressibility, low undrained shear strength, low cohesion and moderate sensitivity. A shallow increase in shear strength exceeding the general trend could have been reconciled with evidence for the precipitation of iron sulfides and calcium carbonates related to early diagenetic reactions of sulfate reduction (e.g. cryptic sulfur cycle) and anaerobic oxidation of methane. Comparison of the compression behaviour of natural and... |
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Palavras-chave: Lacustrine clay sediment; Structured material; Sulfur cement; Carbonate cement; Early diagenesis; Weak layer. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00439/55064/56545.pdf |
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| Riboulot, Vincent; Sultan, Nabil; Imbert, P.; Ker, Stephan. |
| A review of recent literature shows that two geomorphologically different types of pockmarks, contribute to gas seepage at the seafloor. Type-1 pockmarks are defined as seafloor craters associated to fluid seepage and are the most classical type referred to as “pockmarks” in the literature. In contrast, Type-2 pockmarks reveal a complex seafloor morphology that may result from the formation/decomposition of gas hydrates in underlying sedimentary layers. Interpretation of very-high-resolution seismic data, sedimentological analyses and geotechnical measurements acquired from the Eastern Niger Submarine Delta reveal that Type-2 pockmarks are associated to the presence at depth of a conical body of massive gas hydrates. Based on acquired data, theoretical... |
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Palavras-chave: Pockmarks; Gas hydrates; VHR seismic data; Piezocone; Numerical modelling; Niger Delta. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00301/41215/40643.pdf |
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| Colin, Florent; Ker, Stephan; Riboulot, Vincent; Sultan, Nabil. |
| Gas hydrate (GH) systems constitute methane sinks sensitive to environmental changes such as pressure, temperature, and salinity. It remains a matter of debate as to whether the large GH system of the Black Sea has reached a steady state since the last glacial maximum (LGM). We report on an irregular free gas distribution in specific sediment layers marking an irregular bottom‐simulating reflector (BSR). This anomalous free gas distribution revealed by very high resolution seismic images, acquired by a deep‐towed multichannel seismic system, might be evidence of an on‐going migration of the base of the GH stability zone (GHSZ). We show that the reequilibrium is not occurring homogeneously as overpressure from hydrate dissociation slows their decomposition... |
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Palavras-chave: Hydrates; Seismic; Very high resolution; Dissociation; Black Sea. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00652/76430/77526.pdf |
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| Riboulot, Vincent; Cattaneo, Antonio; Scalabrin, Carla; Gaillot, Arnaud; Jouet, Gwenael; Ballas, Gregory; Marsset, Tania; Garziglia, Sebastien; Ker, Stephan. |
| The Romanian sector of the Black Sea deserves attention because the Danube deep-sea fan is one of the largest sediment depositional systems worldwide and is considered the world's most isolated sea, the largest anoxic water body on the planet and a unique energy-rich sea. Due to the high sediment accumulation rate, presence of organic matter and anoxic conditions, the Black sea sediments offshore the Danube delta is rich in gas and thus shows Bottom Simulating Reflectors (BSR). The cartography of the BSR over the last 20 years, exhibits its widespread occurrence, indicative of extensive development of hydrate accumulations and a huge gas hydrate potential. By combining old and new datasets acquired in 2015 during the GHASS expedition, we performed a... |
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Palavras-chave: Hydrates de gaz; Gaz libre; Panaches de gaz; BSR; Mer Noire; Géomorphologie; Gas hydrates; Free gas; Gas flares; BSR; Black Sea; Geomorphology. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00407/51860/53914.pdf |
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