Department
Gas Hydrates Project/Coastal & Marine Geology
Organization
U.S. Geological Survey
Email
cruppel@usgs.gov
Phone
508-457-2339
Address
384 Woods Hole Road
WOODS HOLE , Massachusetts 02543United States

Science Specialties

gas hydrates, subsea permafrost, methane

Current Research

Subsea permafrost mapping and degradation patterns in US Beaufort Sea; susceptibility of methane gas hydrates onshore, on continental shelves, and on upper continental slopes to dissociation in response to long-term and short-term climate warming; thermokarst thaw bulb evolution and resulting methane dynamics.