• Methane transport and sources in an Arctic deep-water cold seep offshore NW Svalbard (Vestnesa Ridge, 79°N) 

      Sauer, Simone; Hong, Wei-Li; Yao, Haoyi; Lepland, Aivo; Klug, Martin; Eichinger, Florian; Himmler, Tobias; Cremiere, Antoine; Panieri, Giuliana; Schubert, Carsten J.; Knies, Jochen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-29)
      We investigate the uppermost 60 cm of sediment in active pockmarks of a deep-water methane seep site from Vestnesa Ridge offshore NW Svalbard. Using video guided core sampling with a remotely operated vehicle we collected push cores directly from bacterial mats within two active pockmarks, Lunde and Lomvi. Pore water analyses show very shallow sulphate methane transition zones and transport-reaction ...
    • Nordic Seas polynyas and their role in preconditioning marine productivity during the Last Glacial Maximum 

      Knies, Jochen; Koseoglu, Denizcan; Rise, Leif; Baeten, Nicole; Bellec, Valerie K; Bøe, Reidulv; Klug, Martin; Panieri, Giuliana; Jernas, Patrycja Ewa; Belt, Simon T. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-27)
      Arctic and Antarctic polynyas are crucial sites for deep-water formation, which helps sustain global ocean circulation. During glacial times, the occurrence of polynyas proximal to expansive ice sheets in both hemispheres has been proposed to explain limited ocean ventilation and a habitat requirement for marine and higher-trophic terrestrial fauna. Nonetheless, their existence remains equivocal, ...
    • Sources and turnover of organic carbon and methane in fjord and shelf sediments off Northern Norway 

      Sauer, Simone; Hong, Wei-Li; Knies, Jochen; Lepland, Aivo; Forwick, Matthias; Klug, Martin; Eichinger, Florian; Baranwal, Soma; Cremiere, Antoine; Chand, Shyam; Schubert, Carsten J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-22)
      To better understand the present and past carbon cycling and transformation processes in methane-influenced fjord and shelf areas of northern Norway, we compared two sediment cores from the Hola trough and from Ullsfjorden. We investigated (1) the organic matter composition and sedimentological characteristics to study the sources of organic carbon (C<sub>org</sub>) and the factors influencing ...
    • U-Th chronology and formation controls of methane-derived authigenic carbonates from the Hola trough seep area, northern Norway 

      Sauer, Simone; Knies, Jochen; Lepland, Aivo; Sahy, Diana; Martma, Tõnu; Noble, Stephen R.; Schönenbergerb, Jasmin; Klug, Martin; Schubert, Carsten J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-20)
      We investigated methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) crusts and nodules from a cold seep site on the northern Norwegian continental shelf in ca. 220 m water depth to determine the timing and mode of their formation. Gas bubbling observed during remotely operated vehicle (ROV)-assisted sampling of MDAC crusts revealed ongoing seep activity. Authigenic carbonates were present as crusts on the ...