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South China Sea Seeps

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  • Presents first-time synthetic knowledge of the marine seeps across the continental slope of the South China Sea

  • Provides distinctive seafloor images that have not been viewed before by most readers

  • Summarizes results from different aspects of seep systems including geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and ecology

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Distribution, Variability of Seeps

    • Wei Zhang
    Pages 13-34Open Access
  3. Gas Seepage Detection and Gas Migration Mechanisms

    • Kun Zhang, Haibin Song, Jiangxin Chen, Minghui Geng, Boran Liu
    Pages 35-53Open Access
  4. Gas Hydrates at Seeps

    • Min Luo, Yuncheng Cao
    Pages 55-67Open Access
  5. Cold Seep Macrofauna

    • Yi-Xuan Li, Yanan Sun, Yi-Tao Lin, Ting Xu, Jack Chi Ho Ip, Jian-Wen Qiu
    Pages 69-88Open Access
  6. Symbioses from Cold Seeps

    • Chaolun Li, Minxiao Wang, Hao Wang, Li Zhou, Zhaoshan Zhong, Hao Chen et al.
    Pages 89-113Open Access
  7. New Biogeochemical Proxies in Seep Bivalves

    • Xudong Wang, Steffen Kiel, Dong Feng
    Pages 115-128Open Access
  8. Stable Isotope Signatures of Authigenic Minerals from Methane Seeps

    • Shanggui Gong, Jörn Peckmann, Dong Feng
    Pages 149-170Open Access
  9. Non-traditional Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Seep Deposits

    • Meng Jin, Dong Feng
    Pages 171-187Open Access
  10. Biomarker Indicators of Cold Seeps

    • Hongxiang Guan, Lei Liu, Nengyou Wu, Sanzhong Li
    Pages 189-209Open Access
  11. Timing of Seep Activities and Potential Driving Forces

    • Dong Feng
    Pages 211-223Open Access
  12. Cold Seepage in the Southern South China Sea

    • Niu Li, Junxi Feng
    Pages 225-234Open Access
  13. In Situ Detection and Seafloor Observation of the Site F Cold Seep

    • Xin Zhang, Zhendong Luan, Zengfeng Du
    Pages 235-253Open Access

About this book

This open access book presents an overview on seep systems in South China Sea. It includes numerous illustrations and photographs of the seeps that never seen before. It also introduces multidisciplinary research results to stimulate further research interest.

Keywords

  • Open Access
  • Hydrocarbon seep
  • Gas hydrate
  • Authigenic carbonate
  • Anaerobic oxidation of methane
  • Chemosynthesis
  • Methane cycles
  • Geologic Methane Seeps

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Duofu Chen, Dong Feng

About the editors

Duofu Chen is a full professor of Marine Geology in the College of Marine Sciences at Shanghai Ocean University. Duofu Chen received his Ph.D. in Geochemistry from Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he was hired as a full professor in 1998. He moved to Shanghai Ocean University in 2016 and established the research group of submarine cold seeps and gas hydrates. He created the term ‘冷泉’ (‘cold seep’ of Chinese) in 2002 and published first paper on South China Sea seep in international journal Marine and Petroleum Geology in 2005. He published over 100 peer-reviewed papers during last 20 years that mainly focused on submarine cold seeps and gas hydrates. Duofu was awarded National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2007. His studies have combined geochemical analyses and modeling technique to reveal the dynamics of methane hydrates in marine sediment and formation of mineral precipitates at seeps.

Dong Feng is a full professor of Marine Geology and Geochemistry at Shanghai Ocean University. His research focuses on understanding the biogeochemical processes and geological records of submarine hydrocarbon seeps. Dong received his Ph.D. in Geochemistry from Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2008). He was a post-doctoral fellow at Louisiana State University, USA (2008–2012). He became a full professor at South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012. He moved to Shanghai Ocean University in 2019. He has published over 90 articles, with most focused-on submarine hydrocarbon seeps, especially the ones in the South China Sea.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: South China Sea Seeps

  • Editors: Duofu Chen, Dong Feng

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1494-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-1493-7Published: 05 May 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-1496-8Published: 05 May 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-1494-4Published: 04 May 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 253

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 99 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sedimentology, Oceanography, Geology, Geochemistry, Biogeosciences

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  • Durable hardcover edition
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