Seabed fluid expulsion along the upper slope and outer shelf of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin

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2014-01-08Author
Brothers, Daniel S.
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Ruppel, Carolyn D.
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Kluesner, Jared W.
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ten Brink, Uri S.
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Chaytor, Jason D.
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Hill, Jenna C.
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Andrews, Brian D.
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Flores, Claudia H.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/6601As published
https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058048DOI
10.1002/2013GL058048Keyword
Seismic stratigraphy; Pockmark; Gas hydrate; Fluid expulsion; Submarine landslide; Attribute analysisAbstract
Identifying the spatial distribution of seabed fluid expulsion features is crucial for understanding the substrate plumbing system of any continental margin. A 1100 km stretch of the U.S. Atlantic margin contains more than 5000 pockmarks at water depths of 120 m (shelf edge) to 700 m (upper slope), mostly updip of the contemporary gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ). Advanced attribute analyses of high-resolution multichannel seismic reflection data reveal gas-charged sediment and probable fluid chimneys beneath pockmark fields. A series of enhanced reflectors, inferred to represent hydrate-bearing sediments, occur within the GHSZ. Differential sediment loading at the shelf edge and warming-induced gas hydrate dissociation along the upper slope are the proposed mechanisms that led to transient changes in substrate pore fluid overpressure, vertical fluid/gas migration, and pockmark formation.
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Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2014. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Geophysical Research Letters 41 (2014): 96-101, doi:10.1002/2013GL058048.
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