GANS

Gas Hydrates on the Norway - Barents Sea - Svalbard margin

 

 

Publications relevant for the project  2000-2009

2010

Faverola, A., Bunz, S., Mienert, J., 2010. Fluid distribution inferred from P-wave velocity and reflection seismic amplitude anomalies beneath the Nyegga pockmark field of the mid-Norwegian margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27, 46-60.

Lawrence, G.W.M., Cartwright, J.A. The stratigrapic and geographic distribution of giant craters and sediment mounds on the mid Norwegian margin, and their relation to long term fluid flow. Marine and Petroleum Geology. In press.

Ivanov, M., Mazzini, A., Blinova, V., Kozlova, E., Laberg, J.S., Matveeva, T., Taviani, M., Kaskov, N. Seep mounds on the Southern Vøring Plateau (offhore Norway). Marine and Petroleum Geology. In press

Hovland, M., Heggland, R., de Vries, M.H., Tjelta, T.I., Unit-Pockmarks and their significance for predicting Fluid Flow. Marine and Petreolum Geology. In press.

2009

 
Minshull, T.A., Chand, S., 2009. The pore-scale distribution of sediment-hosted hydrates:evidence from effective medium modelling of laboratory and borehole seismic data. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 319, 93-101. doi:10.1144/SP319.8.

Knies, J., Matthisen, Vogt, Laberg, J.S., Hjelstuen, B.O., Larsen, E., Andreassen, K., Eidvin, T., Vorren, T.O., 2009. A new Plio-Pleistocene ice sheet model for the Svalbard-Barents Sea region. Quatermary Science Reviews, 28, 812-828.

Leynaud, D., Mienert, J., Vanneste, M., 2009. Submarine mass movements on glaciated and non-glaciated European continental margins: A review of triggering mechanisms and predictions to failure. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 26, 618-632.

Perez-Garcia, C., Feseker, T., Mienert, J., Berndt, C., 2009. The Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano: 330 000 years of focused fluid flow activity at the SW Barents Sea slope. Marine Geology, 262, 105-115.

Mazzini, A., Nermoen, A., Krotkiewski, M., Podladchikov, Y., Planke, S., Svendsen, H., Strike-slip faulting as a trigger mechanism for overpressure release by piercement structures. Implications for the Lusi mud volcano, Indonesia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 26 (9), 1704-1715.

2008

Westbrook, G.K., Chand, S., Rossi, G., Long, C., Bunz, S., Camerlenghi, J.M., Carcione, S., Dean, S., Foucher, J.-P., Flueh, E., Gei, R.R., Haacke, R.R., Madrussani, G., Mieners, J., Minshull, T.A., Nouze, H., Peacock, S:, Reston, T.J., Vanneste, M., Zillmer., 2008. Estimates of gas hydrate consentration from multi-component seismic data at sites on the continental margins of Svalbard and the Storegga Region of Norway. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 25, 744-758

Chand,S., Minert J., Andreassen, K., Knies J, Plassen, L., Fotland B, 2008. Gas hydrate stability zone modelling in areas of salt tectonics and pocmarks of the Barents Sea suggest and active hyfrocarbon venting system, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 25, 625-636.

Paull, C.K., Ussler, W., Holbrook, S.W., Hill, T. M., Keaten, R., Mienert, J., Haflidason, H., Johnsen, J.E., Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., 2008.  Origin of pockmarks and chimney structures on the flanks of the Storegga Slide, offshore Norway. Geo-Marine Letters, 28, 43-51.


2007

Chen, Y.F. and Matsumoto, R., Ussler, W. III, and Paull, C.K., 2007. Methane-derived authigenic carbonates in the northern Gulf of Mexico – MD02 cruise. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 95, 1-15.

Hustoft, S., Mienert, J., Bunz, S., Nouze, H., 2007. High-resolution 3D-seismic data indicate focusses fluid migration pathways above polygonal fault systems of the mid-Norwegian margin. Marine Geology, 245 (1-4), 89-106

Hjelstuen, B.O., Eldholm, O., Faliede, J.I., 2007. Reccurent Pleistocene mega-failures on the SW Barents Sea margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 258 (3-4), 605-618.

Minshull, TA ., Chand S, 2007. The microstructure of sediment-hosted hydrates: evidence from effective medium modeling of laboratory and borehole datasets, Geological Soceitey of London, special volume,  Sediment-hosted Gas Hydrates: New Insights on Natural and Synthetic Systems’. Accepted for publication.

2006

Chand S, Minshull TA, Priest JA, Best AI and Clayton CRI, 2006. An effective medium inversion algorithm for gas hydrate quantification and its application to laboratory measurements of gas hydrate bearing sediments, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03038.

Chen, Y.F., 2006.  Methane-derived carbonates from the Gulf of Mexico and the Nankai Trough: Are they related to gas hydrate dissociation? Ph.D. thesis, University of Tokyo, 182pp.

Hovland, M., Rueslåtten, H.G., Johnsen, H.K., Kvamme, B., Kuznetsova, T., 2006. Salt formation associated with sub-surface boiling and supercritical water. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 23, 855-869.

Hovland, M., Svendsen, H., 2006. Submarine pingoes: Indicators of shallow gas hydrates in a pockmark at Nyegga, Norwegian Sea. Marine Geology, 228, 15-23.

Mazzini, A.. Svensen, H., Hovland, M., Planke, S., 2006. Comparison and implicaitons from strikingly different authigenic carbonates in a Nyegga complex pockmark, G11, Norwegian Sea. Marine Geology, 231, 89-102.

Rise, L., Ottesen, D., Longva, O., Solheim, A., Andersen, E.S., Ayers, S., 2006. The Sklinnadjupet Slide and its relations to the Elsterian glaciation on the mid-Norwegian margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 23, 569-583.

2005

Chen, Y. F., Matsumoto, R., Tomaru, H and Anton, D., 2005. Organic carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, and d34S compostions of pyrite and pore waters in the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 585: 101(10p)

Riis, F., Berg, K., Cartwright, J., Eidvin, T., Hansch, K. Formation of large, crater-like evacuation structures in ooze sediments in the Norwegian Sea. Possible implications for the development of the Storegga Slide.  Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22, 257-273.

Mienert, J., Vanneste, M., Bünz, S., Andreassen, K., Haflidason, H., Sejrup, H.-P.., 2005. Ocean warming and gas hydrate stability in the Storegga Slide area. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22, 233-244.

Matsumoto, R., Tomaru, H., Chen, Y. F., Lu, H., and Clark, I. D., 2005. Geochemistry of the interstitial waters of the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 585: 98 (12p)

Riise, L., Ottesen, D., Berg, K., Lundin,E., 2005. Large-scale development of the mid-Norwegian margin during the last 3 million years. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22 , 33-44.

Hjelstuen, B.O., Sejrup, H.P., Haflidason, H., Nygård, A., Ceramicola, S., Bryn, P., 2005. Late Cenozoic glacial history and evolution and of the Storegga Slide area and adjacent slide flanks regions, Norwegian continental margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22 , 57-69

Lekens, W.A.H., Sejrup, H.P., Haflidason, H., Østvik Pedersen,G., Hjelstuen, B.O., Knorr, G., 2005. Plume sedimentation in the Northern North Sea preceding Henrich Event 1: origin, processes and regional linkages. Marine Geology, 216, 27-50.

Sejrup, H.P., Hjelstuen, B.O., Dahlgren, T., Haflidason, H., Kuijpers, A., Nygård, A., Praeg, D., Stoker, M., Vorren, T.O., 2005.  Pleistocene glacial history of the NW European Continental margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22, 1111-1129

Skjetne, T., Hebetinova, E., Larsen, R., Reitan., A.C., van der Zwaag, C., 2005. Gas hydrate distribution monitored by nuclear magnetic reconance imaging. Proceedings of the Fift International Conference on Gas Hydrates, June 12-16 2005, Trondheim, Norway.

Stoker, M.S., Praeg, D., Hjelstuen, B.O., Laberg, J.S., Nielsen, T., Shannon, P., 2005. Neogene stratigraphy and the sedimentary and oceanographic development of the NW European Atlantic margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22, 977-1005.

Tomaru, H., Matsumoto, R., Chen, Y. F., Lu, H., and Clark, I. D., 2005. Evolution of a gas hydrate system as recorded by oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of the interstitial waters of the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 585: 99 (11p)

Laberg, J.S., Stoker, M., Dahlgren, T., de Haas, H., Haflidason, H., Hjelstuen, B.O., Nielsen, T., Shannon, P., Vorren, T.O. and van Weering, T., 2005. Cenozoic alongslope processses and sedimentation on the NW European Atlantic margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22, 1069-1088.

 
2004

Chand, S and Minshull. T.A., 2004. The effect of hydrate saturation on seismic attenuation – A case study for Mallik 2L-38 well data, Mackenzie delta, Canada, Geophysical Research Letters 31, L14609, doi:10.1029/2004GL020292.

Chand, S., Minshull, T.A., Gei, D and Carcione, J.M., 2004. Elastic velocity models for gas-hydrate bearing sediments – A comparison, Geophysical Journal International 159, 573-590.

Knies, J., Damm, E., Gutt, J., Mann, U., Pinturier-Geiss, L. 2004: Near-surface hydrocarbon anomalies in shelf sediments off Spitsbergen. Geosytems, Geochemistry, Geophysics, accepted for publication.

Hjelstuen, B.O., Sejrup, H.P., Haflidason, H., Nygård, A., Berstad, I.M. and Knorr, G., 2004. Late Quaternary seismic stratigraphy and evolution of the South Vøring Margin, Norwegian Sea. Quaternary Science Reviews 23, 1847-1865.

Hjelstuen, B.O., Sejrup, H.P., Haflidason, H., Berg, K., Bryn, P., 2004. Neogene and Quaternary depositional environments on the Norwegian continental margin, 62oN-68oN. Marine Geology, 213, 257-276.

Sejrup, H.P. Haflidason, H, Hjelstuen, B.O., Nygård, A., Bryn, P., Lien, R. Pleistocene development of the SE Nordic Seas margin.  Marine Geology, 213, 169-200.
 

2003

Chand, S & Minshull, T.A. 2003. The effects of gas hydrate on sediment physical properties and fluid flow: Seismic Constraints, Geofluids, 3, 275-289.

Hovland, M. and Risk, M., 2003.  Do Norwegian deep-water coral reefs rely on seeping fluids? Marine Geology, 198, 83-96. 

Hovland, M., 2003. Geomorphological, geophysical, and geochemical evidence of fluid flow through the seabed. J. Geochem. Exploration, 78-79, 287-291.

Andreassen, K. Berteussen, K.A., Sognnes, H., Henneberg, K., Langhammer, J., Mienert, J., 2003. Multicomponent ocean bottom cable data in gas hydrate investigations offshore of Norway.  Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 108, N0. B8, 2399.

Bünz, S., Mienert, J. and Berndt, C., 2003.  "Geological controls on the Storegga gas-hydrate system of the mid-Norwegian continental margin" Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 209 (3-4), 291-307.

Mienert, J., Andreassen, K. and Bünz, S., 2003.  Gas Hydrates at Storegga Slide; In:  Mienert and  Weaver (Eds.), European Margin Sediment Dynamics: Side-Scan Sonar and Seismic Images, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany,  pp. 107-110. 

Gravdal, A., Haflidason, H., Evans, D., 2003. Seabed and Subsurface Features on the Southern Vøring Plateau and Northern Storegga Slide Escarpment. In: Mienert, J., Weaver, P. (Eds.), European margin sediment dynamics - side-scan sonar and seismic images, Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 44-53.

 
2002


Hovland, M., Gardner, J.V. and Judd, A.G., 2002. The significance of pockmarks to understanding fluid flow processes and geohazards.  Geofluids, 2, 127-136.

Chen, Y.F., Matsumoto, R., Ussler, W.III., 2007. Methane-Derived authigenic Carbonates from the IMAGES VIII/PAGE 127 GAs Hydrate and Paleocliamte Cruise on the RV Marion Dufresne in the Gulf of Mexico, 2-18 July 2002. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1358.

Hovland, M., 2002.  On the self-sealing nature of marine seeps. Continental Shelf Research, 22, 2387-2394.

Bøe, R., Magnus, C., Osmundsen, P.T. & Rindstad, B.I. 2002: CO2 point sources and subsurface storage capacities for CO2 in aquifers in Norway. NGU Report 2002.010, 132 s.

Høst, J. & Bøe, R. 2002: Hvor kan CO2 deponeres i Norge. NGU Årsrapport for 2001.

Mienert, J., Berndt, C., Laberg, J. S., and Vorren, T.O.: "Submarine Landslides on Continental Margins" in: Wefer, G., Billet, D., Hebbeln, D., Jørgensen, B.B., Schlüter, M. & van Veering, T. (eds.), Ocean Margin Systems, Springer Verlag, 179-193, 2002.


2001

Mienert ,J, Posewang J, Lukas D, 2001. Changes in the Hydrate Stability Zone on the Norwegian Margin and their Consequence for Methane and Carbon Releases into the Oceanosphere. The Northern North Atlantic: A changing environment (eds. Schäfer P., Ritzrau W, Schlüter M, and Thiede), Springer Verlag, New York. 491pp., p. 281-290.

Hovland, M. and Gudmestad, O.T., 2001.  Potential influence of gas hydrates on seabed  installations. In: Paull, C.K. and Dillon, W.P. (Eds.): Natural gas hydrates, Am. Geophys. Union, Geophys. Monograph Ser., 124, 300-309.


2000

Bouriak S., Vanneste M., Saoutkine A. 2000. Inferred gas hydrates and clay diapirs near the Storegga Slide on the southern edge of the Vøring Plateau, offshore Norway. Marine Geology 163, 125-148.

Hovland, M., 2000.  Are there commercial deposits of marine hydrates in ocean sediments?  Energy Exploration & Exploitations, 18, 339-347.

Clennell, M.B., Judd, A. and Hovland, M., 2000.  Movement and accumulation of methane in marine sediments: Relation to gas hydrate systems. In: Max, M. (Ed) Oceanic Gas Hydrates. Chapter X.

 Max, M.D., Mienert, J., Andreassen, K., Berndt, Chr., 2000. Gas Hydrate in Arctic and northern North Atlantic Oceans. In: Natural Gas Hydrate in Oceanic and Permafrost Environments (Ed. M. Max), Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 171-182

 Mienert J, Andreassen K, Posewang J, and Lukas, D., 2000. Changes of the Hydrate Stability Zone of the Norwegian Margin from Glacial to Interglacial Times. In: Gas Hydrates – Challenges for the Future (Ed. Holder, G.D, and Bishnoi, P.R), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 912, p. 200-210.

Mork, M., Schei, G., Larsen, R., 2000. NMR imaging study of hydrates in sediments. In: G.D. Holder, P.R. Bishnoi, P.R. Ann (Eds.), Gas hydrates - Challenges for future. Annual of the New York Academy of Science, Vol 912, p. 897-907.

pre - 2000

Larsen, R., Wessel-Berg, D., Borthne, G., Nakamura, A., 1998. Simple Modelling of Hydrate Dissociation in Reservoirs Caused by Pressure Drawdown. Proc. of the Int. Symp. on Methane Hydrates – Resources in the Near Future?, pp 175-182, Japan National Oil Corporation, JNOC-TRC, Chiba City, Japan, October 20-22, 1998.

Hovland, M., Lysne, D. and Whiticar, M., 1995. Gas hydrate and sediment gas composition, Hole 892A. In Carson, B., Westbrook, G.K., Musgrave, R.J., and Suess, E. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 146 (Pt 1): College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 151–161.

Clennell, M.B., Hovland, M., Lysne, D., and Booth, J.S., 1995. Role of capillary forces, coupled flows and sediment-water depletion in the habitat of gas hydrate. Eos, 76:164–165.

Bøe, R., Rise, L. & Ottesen, D. 1998: Elongated depressions on the southern slope of the Norwegian Trench (Skagerrak): morphology and evolution. Marine Geology 146, 191-203.

Rise, L., Sættem, J., Fanavoll, S., Thorsnes, T., Ottesen, D. & Bøe, R. 1999: Sea-bed pockmarks related to fluid migration from Mesozoic bedrock strata in Skagerrak offshore Norway. Marine and Petroleum Geology 17, 619-631.