Rising Fluids Lab

transport & impact of subsurface fluids through the marine environment

We reconstruct the dynamics of seafloor methane seepage across geological timescales. By bridging 4D seismic monitoring with
million-year rock records, we decode past seep behaviors to predict their future in a changing ocean

Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute

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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
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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
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Early extensional salt tectonics controls deep-water sediment dispersal
Early extensional salt tectonics controls deep-water sediment dispersal
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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
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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
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