New paper by Benjamin Bellwald (VBPR) published in Marine Geology

High-resolution 3D P-Cable is a useful tool for imaging glacial landforms. The seismic data allow to study the link between seabed morphology and underlying geology. A buried shear margin moraine was imaged, and buried glacial horizons can be mapped at MBE-quality using the P-Cable technology . Meter-scale glacial deposits can be imaged using seismic attribute maps.

Benjamin Bellwald and Ben Manton presenting at EAGE

VBPR is Partner Organization to SALTGIANT

Applications are invited for 15 PhD student positions for 36 months to be funded by the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network “SALTGIANT – Understanding the Mediterranean Salt Giant” within the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission.

New paper published in Nature

Large amounts of methane are stored in continental margins as gas hydrates. They are stable under high pressure and low temperature, but react sensitively to environmental changes. Bottom water temperature and sea level changes were considered as main contributors to gas hydrate dynamics after the last glaciation. However, here we show with numerical simulations that pulses of increased sedimentation dominantly controlled hydrate stability during the end of the last glaciation offshore mid-Norway.