Martin Hovland

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How is it possible to estimate coral reef calcification by only measuring alkalinity and flow rate?

According to Rebecca Albright and her co-scientists it is possible to estimate that the reversal of 'Ocean acidification' will enhance net coral reef calcification: "The fractional uptake of added...

27 March 2016 3,297 16 View

Is some of the seeping gas you observe west of Svalbard of abiotic origin? If so, is this gas considered to be of 'fossil' or 'renewable' origin?

In three different and very interesting papers, CAGE, has now documented both prolific seepage and accumulation of hydrocarbon gases partly produced by serpentinization of ultramafic rocks, west...

10 March 2015 7,637 12 View

Is 'spring sapping' a potentially active process producing canyons, blind valleys, and massmovement on the Lofoten-Vesterålen continental margin?

According to Orange et al. (1999), widespread fluid expulsion on a transtensional margin may cause headless canyons and mass wasting to form. On some of the high-resolution multibeam shaded relief...

16 February 2015 8,472 6 View

Is there any chance at all that groundwater in the Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is interacting with the seafloor sediments at the Great Barrier Reef ?

We know that some modern and also ancient coral reefs and carbonate mounds may be intimately associated with the sub-surface hydrology. To the west of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), there is...

01 January 1970 7,303 7 View