Gas hydrate forming fluids on the NE Sakhalin slope, Sea of Okhotsk
Gas hydrate forming fluids on the NE Sakhalin slope, Sea of Okhotsk
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鄂霍次克海萨哈林岛东北坡天然气水合物形成流体
DOI:
10.1144/sp319.5
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发表时间:
2009
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E. B. Prilepskiy
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作者:
L. Mazurenko;T. Matveeva;E. Prasolov;H. Shoji;A. Obzhirov;Y. Jin;J. Poort;E. Logvina;H. Minami;H. Sakagami;A. Hachikubo;A. Salomatin;A. Salyuk;E. B. Prilepskiy
Abstract An area of focused fluid venting off NE Sakhalin, Sea of Okhotsk, was investigated in 2003 during the 31st and 32nd international expeditions of R/V Akademik M. A. Lavrentyev within the framework of the CHAOS Project. More than 40 structures related to seafloor gas venting were discovered and gas hydrates were sampled from three of these: CHAOS, Hieroglyph and Kitami. Geochemical analyses were used to define the mechanisms of gas hydrate accumulation and the sources of fluids involved. Chemical and isotopic analyses of the interstitial and hydrate waters suggest that hydrates were formed from seawater (or in-situ pore water) and an ascending fluid enriched in salts. Hydrate formation occurs at locations of the most intensive saline water upflow, and this is probably a function of the gas solubility in water in equilibrium with hydrate. The water involved in gas hydrate formation consists of about 70% pore water derived from the host sediment and 30% from the ascending fluid. The overall isotopic composition of the ‘fluid’ taking part in hydrate formation was calculated as δ2H≈−11‰ and δ18O≈−1.5‰.