Mud volcanism, or sedimentary volcanism, represents one of the most intriguing phenomena
of the Earth's crust, with important implications in energy resource exploration, seismicity …

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 …

Hydrate research has expanded substantially over the past decade, resulting in more than
4,000 hydrate-related publications. Collating this vast amount of information into one source …

The deep sea is often viewed as a vast, dark, remote, and inhospitable environment, yet the
deep ocean and seafloor are crucial to our lives through the services that they provide. Our …

Measurements of dissolved methane in the ocean have been available for only about 50
years. Methane measurements in sediments, where concentrations are millimolar, were first …

" There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-
ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water …

The seabed is a diverse environment that ranges from the desert-like deep seafloor to the
rich oases that are present at seeps, vents, and food falls such as whales, wood or kelp. As …

In this study we investigated by using 16S rRNA-based methods the distribution and
biomass of archaea in samples from (i) sediments above outcrop** methane hydrate at …

Reviews of the sulfur cycle from a biogeochemical or microbiological perspective have
recently been presented, eg by Amend et al.(2004) and Canfield et al.(2005). The latter …

The anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is one of the major sinks for methane on earth
and is known to be mediated by at least two phylogenetically different groups of anaerobic …