Cold seep - Wikipedia
WEBA cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where seepage of fluids rich in hydrogen sulfide, methane, and other hydrocarbons occurs, often in the form of a brine pool.
WEBCold seeps form when very large quantities of hydrocarbons are produced beneath the seafloor. Essentially, these hydrocarbons overflow or are pushed up through the seafloor when tectonic activity squeezes the sediments below the surface releasing the chemical compounds into the ocean.
Deep sea sediments associated with cold seeps are a subsurface ...
WEBMar 1, 2021 · Here, we probed metagenomes from seven geographically diverse cold seeps across global oceans to assess viral diversity, virus–host interaction, and virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes...
Life at Vents & Seeps - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WEBMar 19, 2020 · The discovery of life at vents and seeps revolutionized understanding of how and where life can exist on Earth. The organisms that thrive at deep-sea vents and seeps have to survive freezing cold, perpetual darkness, high …
Cold seep systems in the South China Sea: An overview
WEBDec 1, 2018 · In this review, we describe the cold seep systems of the SCS with an emphasis on seafloor manifestations, fluid sources, biogeochemical processes, and macroecology. Seafloor features associated with seeps include mud volcanoes, pockmarks, and carbonate deposits.
Cold Seeps - Deep Ocean Education Project
WEBCold seeps form when very large quantities of hydrocarbons are produced beneath the seafloor. Essentially, these hydrocarbons overflow or are pushed up through the seafloor when tectonic activity squeezes the sediments below the surface releasing the chemical compounds into the ocean.
Marine Cold Seeps: Background and Recent Advances
WEBApr 6, 2018 · Marine cold seeps provide windows into different depth levels of the geosphere where transfer processes and reactions are active. Cold seeps emit material back into the ocean and leave characteristic footprints on the seafloor.
Education: Themes: Cold Seeps: NOAA Ocean Exploration
WEBCold seeps are locations where hydrocarbon-rich fluid seeps up from below the seafloor, often as methane or hydrogen sulfide. Cold seeps have been found to support significant chemosynthetic communities, which produce food using chemical energy.
Education Theme: Cold Seeps - NOAA Ocean Exploration
WEBCold seeps are places throughout the global ocean where chemicals like hydrogen sulfide, methane, and other hydrocarbon-rich fluids and/or gases escape from cracks or fissures in the ocean floor.
Cold Seep Systems - SpringerLink
WEBJul 19, 2017 · ‘Cold’ seeps (or cold vents) are seafloor manifestations of fluid migration through sediments from the subsurface to the seabed and into the water column, and may reach the atmosphere. They are an important but …
Skip to content