Research project

Dynamics of Gas Hydrates in Polar Marine Environments

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Professor Tim Minshull
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Staff

Lead researchers

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

Connect with Tim

Email: tmin@soton.ac.uk

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

Escape of methane gas from the seabed along the West Spitsbergen continental margin

Graham K. Westbrook, Kate E. Thatcher, Eelco J. Rohling, Alexander M. Piotrowski, Heiko Pälike, Anne H. Osborne, Euan G. Nisbet, Tim A. Minshull, Mathias Lanoisellé, Rachael H. James, Veit Huhnerbach, Darryl Green, Rebecca E. Fisher, Anya J. Crocker, Anne Chabert, Clara Bolton, Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller, Christian Berndt & Alfred Aquilina, 2009, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L15608

DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039191

Type: article