New cold seep sites on the continental slope southwest to Svalbard

We discovered seafloor features such as bacterial mats and carbonate crusts typical for active methane seeps on the continental slope southwest of Svalbard. These features are associated with two main northwest-southeast trending morphological structures that are oriented parallel to the regional co...

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Main Authors: V. K. Bellec, S. Chand, J. Knies, L. R. Bjarnadóttir, A. Lepland, A. Sen, T. Thorsnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1328357/full