Depositional control on carbon and sulfur preservation onshore and offshore the Oujiang Estuary: Implications for the C/S ratio as a salinity indicator

X Liu, M Zhang, A Li, D Fan, J Dong, C Jiao… - Continental Shelf …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon and sulfur preserved in estuary and shelf sediments play a critical role in controlling
sediment diagenesis related to the global biogeochemical cycle. Their ratio (C/S= 2.8) in …

Effects of methane seepage activity on the morphology and geochemistry of authigenic pyrite

X Miao, X Feng, X Liu, J Li, J Wei - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
As an important product of methane seepage, pyrite contains abundant methane seepage
information. It is right that the formation mechanisms of authigenic pyrite at methane …

Porewater geochemistry indicates methane seepage in the Okinawa Trough and its implications for the carbon cycle of the subtropical West Pacific

X Miao, X Liu, Q Li, A Li, F Cai, F Kong… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kuroshio Current, originating from the West Pacific Warm Pool and flowing
through the Okinawa Trough, connects the equator and the subtropical West Pacific and …

The control of turbidite deposition on pyrite sulfur isotopic composition in sediments on the continental slope of the South China Sea

X Miao, J Wei, X Liu, X Qiao, J Li - Marine Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfate reduction is a commonly reported process in a variety of continental margin settings
that affects the carbon (C), sulfur (S), and iron (Fe) marine sedimentary cycles. However …

A 209,000-year-old history of methane seepage activity controlled by multiple factors in the South China Sea

G Zhang, J Cao, Y Deng, H Lai, X Jiang, Y Fang… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Methane seepage activity caused by gas hydrate dissociation plays an essential role in the
global carbon cycle and climate change in Earth's history. However, the triggering …

Frequency of deep-sea turbidity as an important component of the response of a source-to-sink system to climate: A case study in the eastern middle Bengal Fan since …

J Li, X Shi, S Liu, S Qiao, H Zhang, K Wu, X Fang… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bengal Fan is world famous for its developed turbiditic system. This study
identified turbidite records in a gravity core (BoB-104) taken from near a currently inactive …

[HTML][HTML] Massive natural gas hydrate dissociation during the Penultimate Deglaciation (~ 130 ka) in the South China Sea

J Wei, T Wu, X Miao, P Su - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is widespread and growing scientific interest in the impact of massive gas hydrate
dissociation on the global environment and climate in geological history. Based on that a …

A newly discovered ancient cold seep in the northwestern part of the South China Sea: Evidence from the authigenic carbonate

J Wei, X Miao, Z Wan, J Li, H Xu, J Li, T Wu - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cold seep activity creates a unique environment on the deep sea floor, and gave birth to
a unique authigenic mineral-seep carbonate. In 2018, a new paleo-seep was discovered in …

Discerning the sulfur geochemical features of turbidites and methane-rich sediments from the South China sea

J Feng, N Li, J Liang, S Yang, Q Liang… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
Upward diffusion of dissolved methane and associated anaerobic oxidation of methane
(AOM) coupled with microbial sulfate reduction (MSR) are widespread in normal …

Geochemical record of methane seepage in carbon cycling and possible correlation with climate events in the Qiongdongnan basin, South China Sea

X Dan, S Liu, X Feng, L Lin, R Tang, C Yang… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
At cold seeps, sulfate-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane (SD-AOM) is the dominant
biogeochemical process, which can significantly affect the marine carbon-sulfur cycle. In this …