Distribución de la zona de estabilidad de hidratos de metano en el mar de Ross, Antártica. La zona teórica de estabilidad de los hidratos de metano (ZEHM) en el mar de Ross fue evaluada por medio de un enfoque simplificado. Este incluye datos batimétricos, temperatura del fondo marino, un gradiente geotérmico variable y asume que el gas acumulado corresponde a metano. Los resultados permiten correlacionar la batimetría con la distribución de la ZEHM, de hecho, la ZEHM alcanza un máximo (ca. 400 m) en las partes de mayor profundidad de las cuencas, donde la temperatura del agua es la más baja y disminuye en los bancos donde sus espesores varían entre 7 y <100 m. Por otra parte, la existencia y dinámica de la distribución de los hidratos de metano está estrechamente ligada a la existencia y evolución de las características geológicas y geomorfológicas del subsuelo marino, como ha sido sugerido, en el pasado, por varios autores.
The theoretical gas hydrates stability zone (GHSZ) in the Ross Sea area was evaluated by mean of a steady state simple approach by using bathymetric data, sea bottom temperature, a variable geothermal gradient and assuming that the natural gas is methane. The results from our study suggest that bathymetry and distribution of the GHSZ are correlated; in fact, the GHSZ reaches a maximum (ca. 400 m) in the basins, where the water temperature is the lowest, and decreases in the banks with thickness ranging between 7 and <100 m. On the other hand, the existence and dynamics of the gas hydrate distribution is strictly related to the existence and evolution of the shallow geological and geomorphological features below the sea floor, as suggested in the past by several authors.
Distribution of the gas hydrate stability zone in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Giustiniani M.;Tinivella U.;Sauli C.;
2018-01-01
Abstract
The theoretical gas hydrates stability zone (GHSZ) in the Ross Sea area was evaluated by mean of a steady state simple approach by using bathymetric data, sea bottom temperature, a variable geothermal gradient and assuming that the natural gas is methane. The results from our study suggest that bathymetry and distribution of the GHSZ are correlated; in fact, the GHSZ reaches a maximum (ca. 400 m) in the basins, where the water temperature is the lowest, and decreases in the banks with thickness ranging between 7 and <100 m. On the other hand, the existence and dynamics of the gas hydrate distribution is strictly related to the existence and evolution of the shallow geological and geomorphological features below the sea floor, as suggested in the past by several authors.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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