Abstract:<p>Methane is an important greenhouse gas and an energy resource. Methane in sea water can originate from microbially-mediated&#160;organic matter (OM) degradation processes at shallow depth&#160; within the sediments, or from thermal cracking of refractory OM at deeper depth. On continental margins, this methane is stored in specific sedimentological bodies or as gas hydrates, or is released at the seafloor as submarine geological seeps followed by its oxidation in the water mass… Show more
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