Fig. 1: Bathymetry and 3D seismic characterization of the study area. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Bathymetry and 3D seismic characterization of the study area.

From: Thermogenic hydrocarbon biodegradation by diverse depth-stratified microbial populations at a Scotian Basin cold seep

Fig. 1

a Bathymetry of the Scotian Basin and the sediment sampling location. The Scotian Basin is in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, offshore Nova Scotia in eastern Canada. A 3.44-meter-long piston core was retrieved at a water depth of 2306 m. The map was generated using the ESRI ArcMap v10.6.1 software. The background bathymetry data were retrieved from General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) (https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/documents/gebco_08.pdf). b Horizontal time slice through the Tangier 3D seismic survey at −3500 m depth (i.e., approx. 1200 mbsf) with the variance (coherence) attribute shows salt diapirism throughout the Scotian Basin, including at the site chosen for the sediment core. Drawn with the Schlumberger Petrel v2018.1 software.

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