An integrated view of the methane system in the pockmarks at Vestnesa Ridge, 79 N

G Panieri, S Bünz, DJ Fornari, J Escartin, P Serov… - Marine Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Vestnesa Ridge is a NW-SE trending,~ 100 km-long, 1–2 km-thick contourite
sediment section located in the Arctic Ocean, west of Svalbard, at 79° N. Pockmarks align …

Structures in shallow marine sediments associated with gas and fluid migration

G Ma, L Zhan, H Lu, G Hou - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Geological structure changes, including deformations and ruptures, developed in shallow
marine sediments are well recognized but were not systematically reviewed in previous …

Origin and evolution of widespread crescentic pockmarks on the western South China Sea margin

L Wang, F Zhao, E Miramontes - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Pockmarks are prominent morphological features formed by fluid escape at the seafloor that
provide valuable information on past environmental conditions and ongoing sedimentary …

CO2 Release From Pockmarks on the Chatham Rise‐Bounty Trough at the Glacial Termination

L Stott, B Davy, J Shao, R Coffin… - Paleoceanography …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Seafloor pockmarks of varying size occur over an area of 50,000 km2 on the Chatham Rise,
Canterbury Shelf and Inner Bounty Trough, New Zealand. The pockmarks are concentrated …

Evidence for methane seepage in South Atlantic from the occurrence of authigenic gypsum and framboidal pyrite in deep-sea sediments

RC Dantas, MB Hassan, FW Cruz, L Jovane - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
An association of authigenic pyrite and gypsum has been found in deep-sea sediments from
a core retrieved on the continental slope of the Santos Basin, South Atlantic. Pyrite occur …

Multiple drivers and controls of pockmark formation across the Canterbury Margin, New Zealand

A Micallef, T Averes, J Hoffmann, G Crutchley… - Basin …, 2022 - earthdoc.org
Shallow seabed depressions attributed to focused fluid seepage, known as pockmarks,
have been documented in all continental margins. In this study, we demonstrate how …

Leaky salt: Pipe trails record the history of cross‐evaporite fluid escape in the northern Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

D Oppo, S Evans, D Iacopini, SMM Kabir, V Maselli… - Basin …, 2021 - earthdoc.org
Despite salt being regarded as an extremely efficient, low‐permeability hydraulic seal, an
increasing number of cross‐evaporite fluid escape features have been documented in salt …

Deep pockmarks as natural sediment traps: a case study from southern Santos Basin (SW Atlantic upper slope)

RB Ramos, RF dos Santos, U Schattner… - Geo-Marine Letters, 2020 - Springer
This study examines the role of deep pockmarks in acting as natural sediment traps.
Multibeam bathymetry, single-channel seismic and sediment samples data were used for …

Formation of vertical columnar seismic structures and seafloor depressions by groundwater discharge in the drowned Miami Terrace platform and overlying deep …

KJ Cunningham, RL Westcott, S Norgard, E Robinson… - Marine Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of vertical cross-formational fluid migration passageways within sedimentary
basins can profoundly impact aquifer and reservoir fluid-flow and their identification is …

Evidence of new diapiric structures in the southern Adria Plate (Eastern Margin of Tethyan Ocean): Implications for Triassic paleogeography and evaporites …

N Chizzini, A Artoni, L Torelli, M Maiorana, A Sulli - Marine Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
It has long been recognized that the Adria Plate, as well as the Dinaric-Hellenic sector,
contains a large volume of Triassic salt associated with diapirism, and it is well known that …