Concentrated gas hydrates in anticlines adjacent to high-sediment-flux submarine canyons: New Zealand’s Hikurangi subduction margin

Gareth James Crutchley1, Joshu J Mountjoy2, Jess Hillman3, Bryan William Davy4, Sally Watson5, Susi Woelz6, Timothy Kane5, Peter Gerring5, Francesco Turco7 and Andrew R Gorman8, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, (3)GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (4)GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (5)National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, (6)NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand, (7)University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (8)University of Otago, Department of Geology, Dunedin, New Zealand