Simulation of the Conditions for the Formation and Dissociation of Methane Hydrate over the Last 130 000 Years
- Authors: Arzhanov M.M.1, Malakhova V.V.2, Mokhov I.I.1,3
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Affiliations:
- Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics
- Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Branch
- Moscow State University
- Issue: Vol 480, No 2 (2018)
- Pages: 826-830
- Section: Geophysics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1028-334X/article/view/193508
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X18060211
- ID: 193508
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Abstract
The thermobaric conditions of the formation, stability, and dissociation of continental gas hydrates were determined by simulation of the thermal state of the permafrost. The calculations covered the period over the last 130 000 years, taking into account the various paleo-settings, including continental glaciation, marine transgression, and high geothermal fluxes. According to the numerical calculations, relict gas hydrates may currently exist in the metastable state in the permafrost at depths of less than 100–150 m.
About the authors
M. M. Arzhanov
Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Author for correspondence.
Email: arzhanov@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
V. V. Malakhova
Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Branch
Email: arzhanov@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090
I. I. Mokhov
Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics; Moscow State University
Email: arzhanov@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017; Moscow, 119991
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