Quantifying the release of greenhouse gases during sill intrusion in sedimentary basins using numerical flow models
The major aim of this proposal is to constrain the amount of CH4 and CO2 released during sill intrusion events using the Vøring basin off western Norway and the PETM as a case study. The biggest advantage of the new modeling approach will be that it will not only predict the total amount of greenhouse gases released but also the rates and time-scales over which this release would take place. These estimates could then be used as input in paleoclimate models to, for example, explore predicted warming and consistency with proxy data on the PETM.
