Figure 7. Models of pockmark formation (from Kelley and Belknap, personal communication). In the catastrophic model, an event, like an earthquake or tsunami, shakes the seabed and releases the gas. In the steady state model, gas release is a consequence of the normal evolution of the coast as sea level rises.

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