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Seafloor Sampling of Frontier Basins for Detection of Active Hydrocarbon Systems and Stratigraphic Tie
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, EAGE Shallow Anomalies Workshop, Nov 2014, cp-437-00005
- ISBN: 978-94-6282-099-9
Abstract
Gravity coring and dredging has been used to obtain extensive seabed sampling of potential hydrocarbon seep sites and escarpments offshore in Arctic frontier basins. Sampling of subcropping strata and thin overburden sediments provide consistent information on ages of the strata and the nature of potential active hydrocarbon systems. Our results are the first to document active hydrocarbon systems in the Baffin Bay, the northeast Greenland shelf, and on the southern Jan Mayen Ridge.