Hopendjupet CAGE 21-4 cruise abroad R/V Helmer Hanssen.
Chief Scientist: Monica Winsborrow
Introduction
The cruise visited several areas in Hopendjupet, and Sentralbankrenna in the central
Barents Sea (Figure 1), and had the following scientific objectives:
– Surveying and sampling of gas seepage associated with known and assumed sandstone reservoirs sub-cropping at the sea floor due to erosion of overlying cap rocks in Hopendjupet and Sentralbanken
– Surveying and sampling of gas seepage related to leakage along faults and geological structures breaching the seafloor in Hopendjupet and Sentralbanken
– Sampling of oil in sea surface slicks and within shallow sediment cores
– Surveying of landforms associated with the retreat of the Barents Sea Ice Sheet in the outer Sentralbankrenna area
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