Seismic Evidence for Gas Hydrate in Dongsha Area, Northern South China Sea

A dust event in the Mongolian Gobi Desert in spring 2016: Observations and vertical dust flux estimation

“…In the morning of 1 May 2016, estimated vertical dust flux ( ) for PM 10 dust concentration rose from 7.2062 to 47.0105 and evaluated friction velocity was high as 0.88- 1.06 in that time. Our estimated vertical dust flux values were comparable with other study results by [21,28,29].…”

BSRs, estimated heat flow, hydrate-related gas volume and their implications for methane seepage and gas hydrate in the Dongsha region, northern South China Sea

“…A number of studies have suggested that the occurrence of this methane seepage is related to subsurface gas hydrate (Li et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2014a;Sha et al, 2015). Previous studies demonstrated that the tectonic and sedimentary conditions in the Dongsha region are beneficial for the formation and accumulation of gas hydrate (Song et al, 2000;McDonnell et al, 2000;Wu et al, 2004;Yan et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2006;Lin et al, 2009;Schnürle et al, 2011;Li et al, 2012aLi et al, , 2013. For instance, McDonnell et al (2000) indicated that marine sediments in the Dongsha region located in passive continental margin have appropriate-thickness, methane-generating potential to host gas hydrate.…”