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 …

The organic geochemistry of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids: A review

S Schouten, EC Hopmans, JSS Damsté - Organic geochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids are membrane lipids which were long
thought to be synthesized mainly by archaea, organisms thought to be limited to extreme …

Methane Index: A tetraether archaeal lipid biomarker indicator for detecting the instability of marine gas hydrates

YG Zhang, CL Zhang, XL Liu, L Li, KU Hinrichs… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Gas hydrates represent one of the largest pools of readily exchangeable carbon on Earth's
surface. Releases of the greenhouse gas methane from hydrates are proposed to be …

Jiulong methane reef: microbial mediation of seep carbonates in the South China Sea

X Han, E Suess, Y Huang, N Wu, G Bohrmann, X Su… - Marine Geology, 2008 - Elsevier
Chemoherm carbonates, as well as numerous other types of methane seep carbonates,
were discovered in 2004 along the passive margin of the northern South China Sea …

Changing redox conditions at cold seeps as revealed by authigenic carbonates from Alaminos Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico

D Birgel, D Feng, HH Roberts, J Peckmann - Chemical Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Anaerobic oxidation of methane in anoxic sediments at cold seeps often leads to formation
of authigenic carbonates close to the seafloor along continental margins. Recent work …

Molecular fossils reveal fluid composition and flow intensity at a Cretaceous seep

J Peckmann, D Birgel, S Kiel - Geology, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An isolated Hauterivian marine limestone from the Crimean Peninsula containing masses of
articulated specimens of the dimerelloid brachiopod Peregrinella has previously been …

Formation of seep carbonates along the Makran convergent margin, northern Arabian Sea and a molecular and isotopic approach to constrain the carbon isotopic …

T Himmler, D Birgel, G Bayon, T Pape, L Ge… - Chemical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Authigenic carbonate deposits have been sampled with the remotely operated vehicle
'MARUM-QUEST 4000 m'from five methane seeps between 731 and 1823 m water depth …

De novo phytosterol synthesis in animals

D Michellod, T Bien, D Birgel, M Violette, M Kleiner… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Sterols are vital for nearly all eukaryotes. Their distribution differs in plants and animals, with
phytosterols commonly found in plants whereas most animals are dominated by cholesterol …

Past methane release events and environmental conditions at the upper continental slope of the South China Sea: constraints by seep carbonates

X Han, E Suess, V Liebetrau, A Eisenhauer… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Authigenic carbonates and seep biota are archives of seepage history and record paleo-
environmental conditions at seep sites. We obtained the timing of past methane release …

Aerobic methanotrophy at ancient marine methane seeps: A synthesis

D Birgel, J Peckmann - Organic Geochemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
The molecular fingerprints of the chemosynthesis based microbial communities at methane
seeps tend to be extremely well preserved in authigenic carbonates. The key process at …