The researchers were able to date the shells precisely to the time when, according to the model calculations, the largest gas hydrate dissociation event occurred. (sciencedaily.com)
The numerical simulations of the seafloor also showed that the pockmarks in Nyegga are likely associated with this phenomenon because they are located right in the area of the largest gas hydrate dissociation event at the end of the Ice Age. (sciencedaily.com)
Knowledge of the timescales of gas hydrate dissociation and subsequent methane release are critical in understanding the impact of marine gas hydrates on the ocean — atmosphere system, says Shyam Chand, researcher at NGU / CAGE. (cage.uit.no)