Carbonate crust on the ocean floor (IMAGE)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Carbonate crust on the ocean floor

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Massive lumps of carbonate litter the seafloor where large quantities of methane are leaking from the sediments and rocks below, marking the spot Dessandier and colleagues targeted to drill deep sediment cores.

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Giuliana Panieri

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