The Kallisti Limnes, carbon dioxide-accumulating subsea pools
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2015-07-16Author
Camilli, Richard
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Nomikou, Paraskevi
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Escartin, Javier E.
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Ridao, Pere
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Mallios, Angelos
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Kilias, Stephanos P.
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Argyraki, Ariadne
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Andreani, Muriel
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Ballu, Valerie
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Campos, Ricard
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Deplus, Christine
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Gabsi, Taoufic
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Garcia, Rafael
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Gracias, Nuno
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Hurtos, Natalia
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Magi, Lluis
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Mevel, Catherine
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Moreira, Manuel
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Palomeras, Narcis
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Pot, Olivier
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Ribas, David
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Ruzie, Lorraine
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Sakellariou, Dimitris
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/7428As published
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12152DOI
10.1038/srep12152Abstract
Natural CO2 releases from shallow marine hydrothermal vents are assumed to mix into the water column, and not accumulate into stratified seafloor pools. We present newly discovered shallow subsea pools located within the Santorini volcanic caldera of the Southern Aegean Sea, Greece, that accumulate CO2 emissions from geologic reservoirs. This type of hydrothermal seafloor pool, containing highly concentrated CO2, provides direct evidence of shallow benthic CO2 accumulations originating from sub-seafloor releases. Samples taken from within these acidic pools are devoid of calcifying organisms, and channel structures among the pools indicate gravity driven flow, suggesting that seafloor release of CO2 at this site may preferentially impact benthic ecosystems. These naturally occurring seafloor pools may provide a diagnostic indicator of incipient volcanic activity and can serve as an analog for studying CO2 leakage and benthic accumulations from subsea carbon capture and storage sites.
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© The Author(s), 2015. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Scientific Reports 5 (2015): 12152, doi:10.1038/srep12152.
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Article: Camilli, Richard, Nomikou, Paraskevi, Escartin, Javier E., Ridao, Pere, Mallios, Angelos, Kilias, Stephanos P., Argyraki, Ariadne, Andreani, Muriel, Ballu, Valerie, Campos, Ricard, Deplus, Christine, Gabsi, Taoufic, Garcia, Rafael, Gracias, Nuno, Hurtos, Natalia, Magi, Lluis, Mevel, Catherine, Moreira, Manuel, Palomeras, Narcis, Pot, Olivier, Ribas, David, Ruzie, Lorraine, Sakellariou, Dimitris, "The Kallisti Limnes, carbon dioxide-accumulating subsea pools", Scientific Reports 5 (2015): 12152, DOI:10.1038/srep12152, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/7428The following license files are associated with this item: