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Arctic hydrate dissociation as a result of climate change: Determining the vulnerable methane reservoir and gas escape mechanisms

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Tim Minshull

Professor in Ocean & Earth Science

Research interests

  • Continental breakup and the onset of seafloor spreading
  • Methane hydrate beneath the seafloor and its role in the Earth system
  • Exploration geophysics: seismic and electromagnetic imaging

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Geology and Geophysics

We research a wide range of societally impactful areas of geology and geophysics for a sustainable future. The latest facilities and technology development support our activities.

Research outputs

Variability of acoustically evidenced methane bubble emissions offshore western Svalbar
Mario E. Veloso-Alarcó,
Pär Jansson,
Marc De Batist,
Timothy Minshull,
Graham K. Westbrook,
Heiko Palike,
Stefan Bünz,
Ian Wright,
& Jens Greinert
, 2019 , Geophysical Research Letters , 46 (15) , 9072--9081
DOI: 10.1029/2019GL082750
Type: article
Resistivity image beneath an area of active methane seeps in the west Svalbard continental slope
Bedanta K. Goswami,
Karen A. Weitemeyer,
Timothy A. Minshull,
Martin C. Sinha,
Graham K. Westbrook,
& Héctor Marín-Moreno
, 2016 , Geophysical Journal International , 207 (2) , 1286--1302
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw330
Type: article
Estimates of future warming-induced methane emissions from hydrate offshore west Svalbard for a range of climate models
Héctor Marín-Moreno,
Timothy A. Minshull,
Graham K. Westbrook,
& Bablu Sinha
, 2015 , Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , 16 (5) , 1307--1323
DOI: 10.1002/2015GC005737
Type: article
A joint electromagnetic and seismic study of an active pockmark within the hydrate stability field at the Vestnesa Ridge, West Svalbard margin
Bedanta Goswami,
Karen Weitemeyer,
Timothy Minshull,
Martin Sinha,
Graham Westbrook,
Anne Chabert,
Timothy Henstock,
& Stephan Ker
, 2015 , Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , 120 (10) , 6797--6822
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012344
Type: article
Fine-scale gas distribution in marine sediments assessed from deep-towed seismic data
S. Ker,
Y. Le Gonidec,
B. Marsset,
G.K. Westbrook,
D. Gibert,
& T.A. Minshull
, 2014 , Geophysical Journal International , 196 (3) , 1466--1470
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt497
Type: article
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