Geomicrobiology as a New Tool for Exploration of Marine Gas Hydrates
详细信息
- 责任者：Su Xin (School of Marine Sciences ; China University of Geosciences ; Beijing 100083 ; China) ; Chen Fang
- 刊名：Geoscience
- 出版年：2010
- 卷期：24(3)
- 关键词：天然气水合物 ; gas hydrates ; 微生物测量 ; microbiological surveys
- 页码：p.409-423
- 图表：11 illus., 2 tables, 89 refs.
- 分类号：1500
- issnNo：ISSN1000-8527
- isbnNo：CN11-2035/P
摘要
This paper introduced several cases for geomicrobiological techniques used in exploration of gas and gas hydrates: 1) microbial oil survey technique (MOST); 2) analysis of abundance of microbial cells (microbial counts) in correlation to concentration of methane in gas-hydrate-bearing sediments; and 3) studies on microbial communities (microbial community analysis) in correlation to distribution of gas hydrates in sediments. It is seen that MOST and microbial counts can be used as prospecting techniques during marine geological survey for gas hydrates.