Ocean temperature variability for the past 60 years on the Norwegian-Svalbard margin influences gas hydrate stability on human time scales

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ferré, Bénédicte ^a   Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Feseker, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; BOTTOM WATER; BOTTOM-WATER WARMING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-WATER AREA; FUTURE CLIMATE; GAS HYDRATE RESERVOIR; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; HUMAN TIME SCALE; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; HYDRATE STABILITIES; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SHALLOW AREAS; SHALLOW WATERS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIME LAG; WORLD OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SLOPE STABILITY; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE;

GAS HYDRATES;

BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COOLING; DATABASE; EL NINO; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEAWATER; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIMESCALE; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWAY; PRINS KARLS FORLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84868015190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008300     Document Type: Article

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