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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

Record of methane emissions from the West Svalbard continental margin during the last 23,500years revealed by ?13C of benthic foraminifera
Giuliana Panieri,
Rachael H. James,
Angelo Camerlenghi,
Graham K. Westbrook,
Chiara Consolaro,
Isabel Cacho,
Valentina Cesari,
& Cristina Sanchez Cervera
, 2014 , Global and Planetary Change , 122 , 151--160
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.014
Type: article
The response of methane hydrate beneath the seabed offshore Svalbard to ocean warming during the next three centuries
Héctor Marin-Moreno,
Timothy A. Minshull,
Graham K. Westbrook,
Bablu Sinha,
& Sudipta Sarkar
, 2013 , Geophysical Research Letters , 40 (19) , 5159--5163
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50985
Type: article
CSEM survey of a methane vent site, offshore west Svalbard
Bedanta Goswami,
Karen Weitemeyer,
Tim Minshull,
Martin Sinha,
& Graham Westbrook
, 2013 , Fire in the Ice: Methane Hydrate Newsletter , 13 (2) , 12--18
Type: article
Leaking Methane Reservoirs Offshore Svalbard
T.A. Minshull,
G.K. Westbrook,
K.A. Weitemeyer,
M.C. Sinha,
B.K. Goswami,
& B. Marsset
, 2012 , EOS: Transactions American Geophysical Union , 93 (42) , 413--414
DOI: 10.1029/2012EO420001
Type: article