Ukrainian Antarctic Journal

No 13 (2014): Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
Articles

About the gas hydrate potential of the Antarctic continental margin bottom structures (by geophysical data)

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  • S.P. Levashov,
  • N. A. Yakimchuk,
  • I. N. Korchagin,
  • Ju. M. Pischany,
  • V. G. Bakhmutov,
  • V. D. Solovyov,
  • D. N. Bozhezha
S.P. Levashov
Institute of Applied Problems of Ecology, Geophysics and Geochemistry, Center for Management and Marketing in Earth Sciences of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine
N. A. Yakimchuk
Institute of Applied Problems of Ecology, Geophysics and Geochemistry, Center for Management and Marketing in Earth Sciences of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine
I. N. Korchagin
Institute of Geophysics by S.I. Subbotin name of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ju. M. Pischany
Institute of Applied Problems of Ecology, Geochemistry and Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
V. G. Bakhmutov
Institute of Geophysics by S.I. Subbotin name of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
V. D. Solovyov
Institute of Geophysics by S.I. Subbotin name of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
D. N. Bozhezha
Center for Management and Marketing in Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.13.2014.210
Published December 17, 2014
Keywords
  • Antarctic continental margins,
  • gas hydrates,
  • geoelectric methods,
  • remote studies,
  • direct methods of prospecting and exploration of gas hydrates
How to Cite
Levashov, S., Yakimchuk, N. A., Korchagin, I. N., Pischany, J. M., Bakhmutov, V. G., Solovyov, V. D., & Bozhezha, D. N. (2014). About the gas hydrate potential of the Antarctic continental margin bottom structures (by geophysical data). Ukrainian Antarctic Journal, (13), 48-60. https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.13.2014.210

Abstract

Data on the location of BSR-zones and possible accumulations of gas hydrates in the structures of passive continental margins of Antarctica are summarized. The efficiency of the new innovative technology of geoelectric and remote geophysical methods using for the study of gas hydrate accumulations and deep cuts with abnormally polarized layers of the "deposit of gas hydrates" building is given. An important feature of this proposed technology is that it can be used as an independent indicator of gas hydrates detecting in areas with BSR-boundaries of different genesis. New gas hydrate accumulations near the Academician Vernadsky UAS were identified and their position in the sediment section with high accuracy were defined. It’s shown, that the region near the South Shetland Islands can be assigned to one of the most promising areas (with the area in the western part of Ross Sea) accumulations of gas hydrates in Antarctica.

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