After nearly 20 years of exploration, various areas of the seafloor with hydrocarbon seepage
have been discovered in the South China Sea (SCS). Through linking subsurface and …

Studying deep‐water cold seep systems is of great significance to gas hydrate exploration
due to their close relationship. Various cold seep systems and related gas hydrate …

Hydrothermal vent fluids, cold seep fluids, their associated chemosynthetic communities,
and the biogeochemical anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) play very important roles in …

Gas hydrates are usually buried in sediments. Here we report the first discovery of gas
hydrates exposed on the seafloor of the South China Sea. The in situ chemical compositions …

Methane hydrate (MH) is widely distributed in active deep-sea cold-seep areas. The
complex environment of cold seeps influences MH formation. Investigating the effects of cold …

High resolution acoustic data, together with high-definition photomosaic images and video
observations of the Formosa Ridge Cold Seep Site were obtained using a remotely …

Seafloor features, seismic amplitude anomaly, geophysical attributes, and chemosynthetic
community are different in the methane seepage areas of Taixinan Basin, South China Sea …

The northern part of the South China Sea is characterized by widespread occurrence of
bottom simulating reflectors indicating the presence of marine gas hydrate. Because the …

Fluid seepages in deep-sea cold seep and hydrothermal vent areas transport substances
and energy from the lithosphere to the hydrosphere, thereby sustaining the seafloor …

Understanding the evolution of chemosynthetic communities and environmental changes
near fluid seepages in the deep sea requires in-situ long-term observation data. However, in …