Millions of seafloor pits, not pockmarks, induced by vertebrates in the North Sea

Millions of seafloor pits, not pockmarks, induced by vertebrates in the North Sea

Abstract Seabed pockmarks are among the most prominent morphologic structures in the oceans. They are usually interpreted as surface manifestation of hydrocarbon fluids venting from sediments. Here we suggest an alternative hypothesis of pockmark formation based on latest multibeam echosounder data...

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Main Authors: Jens Schneider von Deimling, Jasper Hoffmann, Jacob Geersen, Sven Koschinski, Arne Lohrberg, Anita Gilles, Igor Belkin, Christoph Böttner, Svenja Papenmeier, Sebastian Krastel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01102-y

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01102-y

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