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Cold seeps are apparently rather prevalent on the US Atlantic margin. To me that supports that near-seafloor #authigenic #carbonate formation (which happens there) is likely much more prevalent than previously considered.
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/whcmsc/news/refining-distribution-and-evolution-us-atlantic-margin-methane-seeps -
Two projects I'm involved with are looking for PhD students:
1. Formation of #authigenic #carbonates at the last glacial maximum to Holocene interglacial transition.
2. Understanding the effect of #ClimateChange by using the east #Mediterranean as a natural laboratory.
Contact me for details. -
#WeekendReading: Akam et al. on #methane-derived #authigenic #carbonates, revisiting the idea of this as a major carbon sink and pondering - should we consider it a carbonate factory?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825223001769