FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Shallow gas hydrates off southwest Taiwan and their mechanisms BT AF Huang, Yin-Sheng Hsu, Shu-Kun Su, Chih-Chieh Lin, Andrew Tien-Shun Yu, Pai-Sen Babonneau, Nathalie Ratzov, Gueorgui Lallemand, Serge Huang, Pi-Chuen Lin, Shiao-Shan Lin, Jing-Yi Wei, Kuo-Yen Chang, Yuan-Pin Yu, Neng-Ti Tsai, Ching-Hui AS 1:1;2:1,2;3:3;4:1;5:4;6:5;7:6;8:7;9:1;10:2;11:1,2;12:8;13:9;14:10;15:2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:; C1 Department of Earth Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Center for Environmental Studies, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Géosciences Océan, IUEM, Université de Brest, Brest, France Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France Université de Montpellier, Géosciences Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Center for General Education, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan C2 UNIV NATL CENT, TAIWAN UNIV NATL CENT, TAIWAN UNIV NATL TAIWAN NTU, TAIWAN TAIWAN OCEAN RES INST TORI, TAIWAN UBO, FRANCE UNIV NICE, FRANCE UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE UNIV NATL TAIWAN NTU, TAIWAN UNIV SUN YAT SEN, TAIWAN UNIV TSINGHUA, TAIWAN UM LGO IF 2.5 TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00680/79253/81769.pdf LA English DT Article CR MD 214 / EAGER BO Marion Dufresne DE ;MD core;Shallow gas hydrate;Hydrate dissociation;Off SW Taiwan AB We have collected two shallow gas hydrate samples at two sites having different geological settings off southwest Taiwan during the cruise MD214 in 2018. The first core site, MD18-3542, is on the South Yuan-An East Ridge at ~ 1200 m water deep, where a structural unconformity covered by fine-silt sediments appears at ~ 5.5 m below the seafloor. The second core site, MD18-3543, is close to the Good-Weather Ridge at ~ 1100 m water deep, where a gas-related pockmark structure and authigenic carbonates are present at shallow strata with fine-silt sediments near the seafloor. Sediment properties of core MD18-3542 are distinctively different above and below the layer corresponding to the unconformity. Both cores show obvious gaps or voids in the lower core halves. The core features could be linked to the dissociated methane upward migrating from deep strata. Core site settings with upwelling methane would favor the formation of shallow gas hydrates. At site MD18-3542, the shallow hydrate could be formed due to high concentration methane kept beneath the unconformity covered by fine-silt sediments. At site MD18-3543, the shallow hydrate could be formed due to an extremely high flux of upwelling methane trapped either beneath the authigenic carbonates or fine-silt sediments. PY 2021 PD MAR SO Marine Geophysical Research SN 0025-3235 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 42 IS 1 UT 000619228100001 DI 10.1007/s11001-021-09429-x ID 79253 ER EF