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项目编号 | NE/R016992/1 |
Slow moving submarine landslides and hydrates | |
Davide Alexandre Gamboa | |
主持机构 | NERC British Geological Survey |
项目开始年 | 2019 |
2019 | |
项目结束日期 | 2019-07-31 |
资助机构 | UK-NERC |
项目类别 | Research Grant |
项目经费 | 64160(GBP) |
国家 | 英国 |
语种 | 英语 |
英文摘要 | Submarine landslides are a major offshore geohazards occurring on continental margins worldwide. The flow and accumulation of landslides offshore can be fairly complex as well. Simple slope failures can have uniform flow characters and create homogeneous deposits, whereas large ones are commonly characterised by differential flow velocities and internal stresses than lead to different internal deformation patterns. The slope failure can be triggered by a variety of processes, such as from major tectonic movements and earthquakes, rapid sediment accumulation rates and fluid overpressure within the sedimentary units accumulated offshore. Despite the possible predominance of a major triggering process, it is likely that slope failure is preconditioned by an association of factors over time. The presence of methane hydrates in the subsurface is one of such factors. These features consist of a cage-like lattice of ice inside of which are trapped molecules of methane under specific conditions of stability. If hydrate stability is compromised, these start to dissociate and release gas and water that will migrate upwards, potentially causing overpressure in the shallower subsurface and favour slope instability. IODP Expedition 372 will drill the Tuaheni Landslide Complex, offshore New Zealand, where a relationship between a slow-moving submarine landslide and underlying methane hydrates has been observed. The expedition will focus on testing three main hypothesis: 1) interstitial gas hydrates in sediments cause creep, akin to an ice glacier; 2) overpressure associated with the hydrates causes hydrofracturing, facilitating the overpressure migration and sediment weakening; and 3) overpressure may lead to slow sliding at the base of the gas hydrate stability zone. The results are expected to shed new light into the current knowledge on the relationships between hydrates and slope failure, and will be applicable to many other continental margins where methane hydrates cover wide areas. |
来源学科分类 | Natural Environment Research |
文献类型 | 项目 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/87398 |
专题 | 环境与发展全球科技态势 |
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