Negligible atmospheric release of methane from decomposing hydrates in mid-latitude oceans

DJ Joung, C Ruppel, J Southon, TS Weber… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Naturally occurring gas hydrates may contribute to a positive feedback for global warming
because they sequester large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane in ice-like …

On shear stresses, temperatures, and the maximum magnitudes of earthquakes at convergent plate boundaries

P England - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Apparent coefficients of friction,, on nine subduction interfaces for which surface heat flux
constraints exist fall in the range. Surface heat flux above the maximum depth of thrust …

Systematic characterization of morphotectonic variability along the Cascadia convergent margin: Implications for shallow megathrust behavior and tsunami hazards

JT Watt, DS Brothers - Geosphere, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Studies of recent destructive megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis along subduction
margins in Japan, Sumatra, and Chile have linked forearc morphology and structure to …

Distribution of methane plumes on Cascadia Margin and implications for the landward limit of methane hydrate stability

SG Merle, RW Embley, HP Johnson, TK Lau… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nearly 3,500 methane bubble streams, clustered into more than 1,300 methane emission
sites, have been identified along the US Cascadia margin, derived both from archived …

Distributions of gas hydrate and free gas accumulations associated with upward fluid flow in the Sanriku-Oki forearc basin, northeast Japan

K Kret, T Tsuji, C Chhun, O Takano - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
We applied automated velocity analysis to a 3D seismic data volume to obtain a high-
resolution seismic velocity model that we used to investigate the influence of fluid behavior …

Revisiting the tsunamigenic volcanic flank collapse of Fogo Island in the Cape Verdes, offshore West Africa

R Barrett, E Lebas, R Ramalho, I Klaucke, S Kutterolf… - 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Volcanic archipelagos are a source of numerous on-and offshore geohazards, including
explosive eruptions and potentially tsunamigenic large-scale flank collapses. Fogo Island in …

Diving deeper into seep distribution along the Cascadia convergent margin, United States

JA Rudebusch, NG Prouty, JE Conrad… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Previous margin-wide studies of methane seep distribution along the Cascadia Subduction
Zone indicate peaks in seep density within the landward limit of the of gas hydrate stability …

Diverse gas composition controls the Moby-Dick gas hydrate system in the Gulf of Mexico

A Portnov, AE Cook, S Vadakkepuliyambatta - Geology, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In marine basins, gas hydrate systems are usually identified by a bottom simulating
reflection (BSR) that parallels the seafloor and coincides with the base of the gas hydrate …

Burial-driven methane recycling in marine gas hydrate systems

M Nole, H Daigle, AE Cook, A Malinverno… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrate may be buried with sediments until it is no longer stable at a given
pressure and temperature, resulting in conversion of hydrate into free gas. This gas may …

The distinct morphologic signature of underplating and seamounts in accretionary prisms, insights from thermomechanical modeling applied to Coastal Iranian …

S Pajang, MM Khatib, M Heyhat, N Cubas, E Bessiere… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
The active structures of the Iranian Makran, especially the presence of normal faults, vary
laterally in the upper plate of the subduction zone, and their relationship with the deep …