Continental Rise Gas Hydrates: Assessing Their Extent and Effects

卡罗莱纳天然气水合物带的跨学科研究 大陆崛起将通过两次巡航来解决 水化沉积物的声学特性和结构， 低速带下方和水合物形成的影响， 孔隙水化学和上升过程中的循环。 高 分辨率海底地震反射剖面 地震计测量和取芯与热流测量相结合 都计划在不同的航线上 这是一个合作项目 位于北卡罗来纳州、查佩尔山和伍兹霍尔之间 海洋研究所。

An interdisciplinary study of gas-hydrate zone on the Carolina Continental Rise will be undertaken through two cruises to resolve the acoustic properties and structure of hydrated sediments and the low-velocity zone below and the effect of hydrate formation on pore-water chemistry and circulation through the rise. High resolution seismic reflection profiling through ocean bottom seismometer survey and coring coupled with heat flow measurements are planned on separate cruises. This is a collaborative project between University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.