• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Do marine gas hydrate deposits create heat flow anomalies on the seabed?
  • Contributor: Vasilev, Atanas; Botoucharov, Nikola; Petsinski, Petar; Pehlivanova, Rositsa; Genov, Ivan; Dimitrov, Orlin; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Yovchev, Danail
  • Published: Bulgarian Geological Society, 2020
  • Published in: Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 81 (2020) 3, Seite 181-183
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.52215/rev.bgs.2020.81.3.181
  • ISSN: 0007-3938
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  • Description: The aim of Stage 1 of the FNI project GEOHydrate is to prove the hypothesis that gas hydrates deposits (GHDs) create measurable temperature and heat flow (T&HF) anomalies on the seafloor. We use a PetroMod™ model for 98 Ma basin analysis of the Western Black Sea basin, developed in GEOMAR, FRG. The model was run 2 times – with and without GH formation. The resultant difference of the heat flows on the seabed shows average heat flow anomaly above GHDs of 7 mW/m2 and a maximum of 15 mW/m2.
  • Access State: Open Access