Timescales and processes of methane hydrate formation and breakdown, with application to geologic systems

CD Ruppel, WF Waite - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gas hydrate is an ice‐like form of water and low molecular weight gas stable at
temperatures of roughly− 10° C to 25° C and pressures of~ 3 to 30 MPa in geologic systems …

Spatial distribution of seepages and associated biological communities within Haima cold seep field, South China Sea

H Xu, M Du, J Li, H Zhang, W Chen, J Wei, Z Wu… - Journal of Sea …, 2020 - Elsevier
More than 30 cold seeps have been discovered on the northern continental slope of the
South China Sea (SCS), but only two cold seep sites actively harbor living cold seep …

[HTML][HTML] Methane seeps on the US Atlantic margin and their potential importance to populations of the commercially valuable deep-sea red crab, Chaceon …

PJ Turner, B Ball, Z Diana… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Methane seeps provide a variety of ecosystem services, including the provision of complex
habitat structures and high levels of primary production, which can act as trophic support to …

[HTML][HTML] Chiridota heheva—the cosmopolitan holothurian

EA Thomas, R Liu, D Amon, JT Copley, AG Glover… - Marine Biodiversity, 2020 - Springer
Chemosynthetic ecosystems have long been acknowledged as key areas of enrichment for
deep-sea life, supporting hundreds of endemic species. Echinoderms are among the most …

Preliminary video-spatial analysis of cold seep bivalve beds at the base of the continental slope of Israel (Palmahim Disturbance)

V Beccari, D Basso, S Spezzaferri, A Rüggeberg… - Deep Sea Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seafloor video surveys were carried out with the ROV Max Rover in the Palmahim
Disturbance (PD) area, offshore Israel, in September 2016 during the EUROFLEETS2 …

Unmanned underwater vehicles

GA Ramadass, S Ramesh, N Vedachalam… - Current Science, 2020 - JSTOR
In India, scientific investigations of ocean basins have been in progress for more than five
decades using indirect and direct measurement devices. These studies were aimed at …

[PDF][PDF] Deep-sea holothurians (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) from the Colombian Southern Caribbean Sea.

GH Borrero-Pérez, LF Dueñas, J León, V Puentes - Check List, 2020 - vliz.be
Fifteen morphotypes of deep-sea holothurians were documented by photography or
videography at depths of 596–2,566 m, using Remote Operated Vehicles (ROV) video …

Numerical solutions of heat transfer problems in gas production from seabed gas hydrates

Y Liu, L Shan, B Guo, M Sun, G Wang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
The natural gas in gas hydrates is considered as a major resource of future clean energy.
Producing natural gas from gas hydrates at seafloor presents a great challenge to the …

Phytodetritus, chemosynthesis, and the dark biosphere: Does depth influence trophic relationships at deep-sea Barbados seeps

TA Toone, TW Washburn - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study explores the role of photosynthetically-derived carbon in seep communities at
shallower, bathyal seeps and at deeper, abyssal seeps on the Barbados accretionary prism …