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 …

Trace elements in methane-seep carbonates: Potentials, limitations, and perspectives

D Smrzka, D Feng, T Himmler, J Zwicker, Y Hu… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Marine authigenic carbonates form shallow-water microbialites, mud mounds, and
hydrocarbon-seep deposits and contain appreciable amounts of trace elements that yield …

Geochemical discrimination of siliciclastic sediments from active and passive margin settings

SP Verma, JS Armstrong-Altrin - Sedimentary geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Discrimination of active and passive margins is important from both academic and economic
aspects. This can only be successfully achieved, however, if there are major compositional …

[HTML][HTML] Methane-derived authigenic carbonates–A case for a globally relevant marine carbonate factory

SA Akam, ED Swanner, H Yao, WL Hong… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Precipitation of methane-derived authigenic carbonates (MDAC) is an integral part of marine
methane production and consumption, but MDAC's relative significance to the global marine …

Evidence of intense methane seepages from molybdenum enrichments in gas hydrate-bearing sediments of the northern South China Sea

F Chen, Y Hu, D Feng, X Zhang, S Cheng, J Cao, H Lu… - Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
The application of molybdenum (Mo) enrichment to sediments can potentially provide
unique constraints on the methane seepage dynamics at continental margins. We report …

Evidence for intense REE scavenging at cold seeps from the Niger Delta margin

G Bayon, D Birot, L Ruffine, JC Caprais… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
For many trace elements, continental margins are the location of intense exchange
processes between sediment and seawater, which control their distribution in the water …

U–Th stratigraphy of a cold seep carbonate crust

G Bayon, GM Henderson, M Bohn - Chemical Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
On continental margins, oxidation of methane-rich fluids from the sediment often leads to
formation of authigenic carbonate pavements on the seafloor. The biogeochemical …

Reconstructing changes in seep activity by means of pore water and solid phase Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios in pockmark sediments of the Northern Congo Fan

K Nöthen, S Kasten - Marine Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the vertical distribution of authigenic carbonates (aragonite and high
Mg-calcite) in the form of finely disseminated precipitates as well as massive carbonate …

A multi-proxy approach to reconstruct hydrological changes and Holocene climate development of Nam Co, Central Tibet

I Mügler, G Gleixner, F Günther, R Mäusbacher… - Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Holocene lake level fluctuations were reconstructed from a 2.7-m sediment core from Nam
Co, Central Tibet, China dating to> 7.2 cal ka BP. Results were compared to existing lake …