Rising Fluids Lab

Methane Seepage & Continental Margins processes

We research methane cold seeps, gas hydrates, and continental margin dynamics

integrating geophysics, sedimentology, and geochemistry

Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute

research themes

Methane seepage

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methane-derived carbonates

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Continental margin dynamics

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Mud volcanoes

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Publications | Rising Fluids Lab

Decoupling short- and long-term methane seepage dynamics: high-resolution insights from Pyrgo spp. δ13C records at Woolsey Mound, Gulf of Mexico

Decoupling short- and long-term methane seepage dynamics: high-resolution insights from Pyrgo spp. δ13C records at Woolsey Mound, Gulf of Mexico

Controls on fluid discharge at cold seep-hydrate systems: 4D seismic monitoring of Woolsey Mound, Gulf of Mexico

Controls on fluid discharge at cold seep-hydrate systems: 4D seismic monitoring of Woolsey Mound, Gulf of Mexico

Early extensional salt tectonics controls deep-water sediment dispersal

Early extensional salt tectonics controls deep-water sediment dispersal

Mass wasting records the first stages of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the eastern Mediterranean

Mass wasting records the first stages of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the eastern Mediterranean

Indian margin methane hydrate dissociation recorded in the carbon isotopes of benthic (Miliolida) foraminifera

Indian margin methane hydrate dissociation recorded in the carbon isotopes of benthic (Miliolida) foraminifera