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020 |a978-0-660-03233-7
040 |aCaOODSP|beng
041 |aeng|bfre
043 |an-cn-nt
0861 |aM44-2015/8E-PDF
24500|aEvidence for a deep gas-hydrate stability zone associated with submerged permafrost on the Canadian Arctic Beaufort Shelf, Northwest Territories |h[electronic resource] / |cM. Riedel … [et al.].
260 |a[Ottawa] : |bNatural Resources Canada, |c2015.
300 |a17 p. : |bcol. charts, col. ill., col. maps.
4901 |aCurrent research, |x1701-4387 ; |v2015-8
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 |a"The presence of offshore permafrost on the Canadian Beaufort Sea Shelf has long been recognized from seismic and borehole data. These thermal conditions could support a gas hydrate stability zone beneath the subsea permafrost. In this study we present the first evidence for the widespread occurrence of gas hydrate on the Beaufort Shelf using 3-D seismic data. A reflector was identified at a depth of ~1000 m that mimics some of the behaviour of the traditional bottom-simulating reflectors (BSRs) in marine gas hydrate regimes. However, the reflection is not truly bottom-simulating, as its depth is controlled by the thinning wedge of subsea permafrost. The reflection cross-cuts strata and marks a zone of enhanced reflectivity, possibly originating from free gas accumulated at this phase boundary. Implications of this widespread gas hydrate zone include: deep-drilling hazards associated with the free gas, potential overpressure, lateral fluid migration and associated seafloor expulsions"--Provided by publisher.
69207|2gccst|aOcean floor
69207|2gccst|aPermafrost
69207|2gccst|aNatural gas
69207|2gccst|aGeophysics
69207|2gccst|aSeismology
7001 |aRiedel, Michael.
7101 |aCanada. |bNatural Resources Canada.
7102 |aGeological Survey of Canada.
830#0|aCurrent research (Geological Survey of Canada)|x1701-4387 ; |v2015-8.|w(CaOODSP)9.506236
85640|qPDF|s13.87 MB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/rncan-nrcan/M44-2015-8-eng.pdf