Research project

Arctic hydrate dissociation as a result of climate change: Determining the vulnerable methane reservoir and gas escape mechanisms

Research groups:

Geology and Geophysics
Lead researcher:

Professor Tim Minshull
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

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

Variability of acoustically evidenced methane bubble emissions offshore western Svalbar

Mario E. Veloso-Alarcó, Pär Jansson, Marc De Batist, Timothy Minshull, Graham K. Westbrook, Heiko Palike, Stefan Bünz, Ian Wright & Jens Greinert, 2019, Geophysical Research Letters, 46(15), 9072-9081

DOI: 10.1029/2019GL082750

Type: article

Resistivity image beneath an area of active methane seeps in the west Svalbard continental slope

Bedanta K. Goswami, Karen A. Weitemeyer, Timothy A. Minshull, Martin C. Sinha, Graham K. Westbrook & Héctor Marín-Moreno, 2016, Geophysical Journal International, 207(2), 1286-1302

DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw330

Type: article

A joint electromagnetic and seismic study of an active pockmark within the hydrate stability field at the Vestnesa Ridge, West Svalbard margin

Bedanta Goswami, Karen Weitemeyer, Timothy Minshull, Martin Sinha, Graham Westbrook, Anne Chabert, Timothy Henstock & Stephan Ker, 2015, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(10), 6797-6822

DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012344

Type: article

Estimates of future warming-induced methane emissions from hydrate offshore west Svalbard for a range of climate models

Héctor Marín-Moreno, Timothy A. Minshull, Graham K. Westbrook & Bablu Sinha, 2015, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(5), 1307-1323

DOI: 10.1002/2015GC005737

Type: article

Record of methane emissions from the West Svalbard continental margin during the last 23,500years revealed by ?13C of benthic foraminifera

Giuliana Panieri, Rachael H. James, Angelo Camerlenghi, Graham K. Westbrook, Chiara Consolaro, Isabel Cacho, Valentina Cesari & Cristina Sanchez Cervera, 2014, Global and Planetary Change, 122, 151-160

DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.014

Type: article