Formation of the Figge Maar Seafloor Crater During the 1964 B1 Blowout in the German North Sea

Formation of the Figge Maar Seafloor Crater During the 1964 B1 Blowout in the German North Sea

In 1964, exploration drilling in the German Sector of the North Sea hit a gas pocket at ∼2900 m depth below the seafloor and triggered a blowout, which formed a 550 m-wide and up to 38 m deep seafloor crater now known as Figge Maar. Although seafloor craters formed by fluid flow are very common stru...

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Main Authors: Jens Karstens, Jens Schneider von Deimling, Christian Berndt, Christoph Böttner, Michel Kühn, Benedict T. I. Reinardy, Axel Ehrhardt, Jonas Gros, Bettina Schramm, Dirk Klaeschen, Judith Elger, Matthias Haeckel, Mark Schmidt, Sven Heinrich, Philipp Müller, Frithjof Bense
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of London 2022-12-01
Series:Earth Science, Systems and Society
Subjects:
blowout
figge maar
seafloor crater
focused fluid flow
drilling accident
sediment trap
Online Access:https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.3389/esss.2022.10053
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