Many of the world's productive deepwater hydrocarbon basins experience significant and ongoing vertical migration of fluids and gases to the modern seafloor. These products, which are composed of hydrocarbon gases, crude oil, formation fluids, and fluidized sediment, dramatically change the geologic character of the ocean floor, and they create sites where chemosynthetic communities supported by sulfide and hydrocarbons flourish.
Unique fauna inhabit these sites, and the chemosynthetic primary production results in communities with biomass much greater than that of the surrounding seafloor.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Title | Alvin explores the deep northern Gulf of Mexico Slope |
| DOI | 10.1029/2007EO350001 |
| Authors | Harry H. Roberts, R. Carney, M. Kupchik, Charles R. Fisher, S Kim Nelson, Erin Becker, Liz Goehring, Stephanie Lessard-Pilon, Guy Telesnicki, Bernie Bernard, James M. Brooks, Monika Bright, Erik E. Cordes, S. Hourdez, Jesse Hunt, William Shedd, Gregory Boland, Samantha B. Joye, V. Samarkin, M. Bernier, M. Bowler, Ian R. MacDonald, H. Niemann, Cindy Petersen, Cheryl Morrison, J.R. Potter |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union |
| Index ID | 70210278 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Leetown Science Center |