Volume 4, Number 4 (1977)
Articles

Methane in the Sediments of a Subarctic Continental Shelf

G. Vilks
Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Bedford institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
M. A. Rashid
Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Bedford institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Published 1977-11-11

How to Cite

Vilks, G., & Rashid, M. A. (1977). Methane in the Sediments of a Subarctic Continental Shelf. Geoscience Canada, 4(4). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/3044

Abstract

The unconsolidated sediments off eastern Canada contain interstitial methane up to 22,000 ppm. The presence of methane is associated with anoxic conditions found in fine sediments deposited in small basins. The foraminiferal assemblages and Carbon-14 dating of the gaseous deposits indicate rapid rates of sedimentation.