Recognition of areas effected by petroleum seepage: Northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope |
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Authors: | M C Kennicutt II J M Brooks |
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Institution: | (1) Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, Texas A&M University, 833 Graham Road, 77845 College Station, TX, USA |
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Abstract: | The presence of large amounts of gas and/or liquid hydrocarbon seepage in near surface sediments can produce distinct features
including an irregular topography (on several scales, ranging from meters to kilometers); seismically transparent/chaotic
sediments; oil staining; gas plumes; sediments containing elevated concentrations of extractable organic matter, organic carbon,
and calcium carbonate; associated brine seepage and anoxic conditions; extensive bacterial mats; hydrate formation and decomposition;
and dense chemoautotrophic communities. Although no single characteristic is always uniquely associated with seepage, the
co-occurrence of several of these features is strongly suggestive of an area being exposed to non-indigenous upward migrating
hydrocarbons. |
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