Decreased stability of methane hydrates in marine sediments owing to phase-boundary roughness.

Abstract:

:Below water depths of about 300 metres, pressure and temperature conditions cause methane to form ice-like crystals of methane hydrate. Marine deposits of methane hydrate are estimated to be large, amassing about 10,000 gigatonnes of carbon, and are thought to be important to global change and seafloor stability, as well as representing a potentially exploitable energy resource. The extent of these deposits can usually be inferred from seismic imaging, in which the base of the methane hydrate stability zone is frequently identifiable as a smooth reflector that runs parallel to the sea floor. Here, using high-resolution seismic sections of seafloor sediments in the Cascadia margin off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, we observe lateral variations in the base of the hydrate stability zone, including gas-rich vertical intrusions into the hydrate stability zone. We suggest that these vertical intrusions are associated with upward flow of warmer fluids. Therefore, where seafloor fluid expulsion and methane hydrate deposits coincide, the base of the hydrate stability zone might exhibit significant roughness and increased surface area. Increased area implies that significantly more methane hydrate lies close to being unstable and hence closer to dissociation in the event of a lowering of pressure due to sea-level fall.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Wood WT,Gettrust JF,Chapman NR,Spence GD,Hyndman RD

doi

10.1038/nature01263

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-12-12 00:00:00

pages

656-60

issue

6916

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

nature01263

journal_volume

420

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