Cold seep systems in the South China Sea: An overview

D Feng, JW Qiu, Y Hu, J Peckmann, H Guan… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
Three decades after the discovery of cold seep systems, various sites of hydrocarbon
seepage have been found in the South China Sea (SCS). Over the past decade, these sites …

Seafloor oxygen consumption fuelled by methane from cold seeps

A Boetius, F Wenzhöfer - Nature Geoscience, 2013 - nature.com
The leakage of cold, methane-rich fluids from subsurface reservoirs to the sea floor at
specific sites on continental slopes, termed cold seeps, sustains some of the richest …

Man and the last great wilderness: human impact on the deep sea

E Ramirez-Llodra, PA Tyler, MC Baker, OA Bergstad… - PLoS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The deep sea, the largest ecosystem on Earth and one of the least studied, harbours high
biodiversity and provides a wealth of resources. Although humans have used the oceans for …

Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem

E Ramirez-Llodra, A Brandt, R Danovaro… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
The deep sea, the largest biome on Earth, has a series of characteristics that make this
environment both distinct from other marine and land ecosystems and unique for the entire …

Microbial ecology of the dark ocean above, at, and below the seafloor

BN Orcutt, JB Sylvan, NJ Knab… - … and molecular biology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The majority of life on Earth—notably, microbial life—occurs in places that do not receive
sunlight, with the habitats of the oceans being the largest of these reservoirs. Sunlight …

[图书][B] Seabed fluid flow: the impact on geology, biology and the marine environment

A Judd, M Hovland - 2009 - books.google.com
Seabed fluid flow involves the flow of gases and liquids through the seabed. Such fluids
have been found to leak through the seabed into the marine environment in seas and …

[图书][B] Geomicrobiology

HL Ehrlich, DK Newman - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Production and accumulation of calcium carbonate in the ocean: Budget of a nonsteady state

JD Milliman - Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Present‐day production of CaCO3 in tne world ocean is calculated to be about 5 billion tons
(bt) per year, of which about 3 bt accumulate in sediments; the other 40% is dissolved …

Marine cold seeps and their manifestations: geological control, biogeochemical criteria and environmental conditions

E Suess - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2014 - Springer
Characteristics of cold seeps at different geologic settings are the subject of this review
primarily based on results of the Research Consortium SFB 574. Criteria are drawn from …

Investigation of submarine groundwater discharge

M Taniguchi, WC Burnett, JE Cable… - Hydrological …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal hydrogeologists and oceanographers now recognize the potentially significant
contribution that submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) could make to the coastal ocean …