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Overview

Barry A. Cragg is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on engineering and earth and planetary sciences. Their work emphasizes ocean engineering as a major subfield, alongside environmental chemistry, geophysics, oceanography, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's main topics of research include reservoir engineering and simulation methods, methane hydrates and related phenomena, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, drilling and well engineering, geophysics and gravity measurements, offshore engineering and technologies, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Barry A. Cragg's frequent co-authors reflect collaborative efforts in related disciplines and include R. John Parkes, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Arthur J. Spivack, Thomas Andrén, and Carol Cotterill.

The scientist has published a combination of research articles and data reports. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Methanogen activity and microbial diversity in Gulf of Cádiz mud volcano sediments" (2023), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "ODP Leg 146, Hole 892C - Well Logging Data" (2020), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "IODP Expedition 347, Hole M0064D - Well Logging Data" (2021), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "IODP Expedition 307, Hole U1317D - Well Logging Data" (2021), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "ODP Leg 201, Hole 1230A - Well Logging Data" (2021), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The venues where this scientist frequently publishes comprise data repositories and thematic journals. These include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • DEEP BACTERIAL BIOSPHERE IN PACIFIC-OCEAN SEDIMENTS

    Ronald John Parkes;Barry Andrew Cragg;S. J. Bale;J. M. Getlifff

  • Recent studies on bacterial populations and processes in subseafloor sediments: A review

    R. John Parkes;Barry A. Cragg;Peter Wellsbury

  • Prokaryotic cells of the deep sub-seafloor biosphere identified as living bacteria

    A. Schippers;L. N. Neretin;J. Kallmeyer;T. G. Ferdelman

  • Deep sub-seafloor prokaryotes stimulated at interfaces over geological time

    Ronald John Parkes;Gordon Webster;Barry Andrew Cragg;Andrew John Weightman

  • A review of prokaryotic populations and processes in sub-seafloor sediments, including biosphere:geosphere interactions

    R. John Parkes;Barry Cragg;Erwan Roussel;Gordon Webster

  • Deep marine biosphere fuelled by increasing organic matter availability during burial and heating

    Peter Wellsbury;Kim Goodman;Tanja Barth;Barry A. Cragg

  • Widespread bacterial populations at glacier beds and their relationship to rock weathering and carbon cycling

    Martin Sharp;John Parkes;Barry Cragg;Ian J. Fairchild

  • Prokaryotic biodiversity and activity in the deep subseafloor biosphere.

    John C. Fry;R. John Parkes;Barry A. Cragg;Andrew J. Weightman

  • Diversity of prokaryotes and methanogenesis in deep subsurface sediments from the Nankai Trough, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190

    Carole J. Newberry;Gordon Webster;Barry A. Cragg;R. John Parkes

  • Extending the Sub-Sea-Floor Biosphere

    Erwan G. Roussel;Marie-Anne Cambon Bonavita;Joël Querellou;Barry A. Cragg

  • New insights into deformation and fluid flow processes in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190

    Gregory F. Moore;Asahiko Taira;Adam Klaus;Luann Becker

  • Methanogen and bacterial diversity and distribution in deep gas hydrate sediments from the Cascadia Margin as revealed by 16S rRNA molecular analysis

    Julian R. Marchesi;Andrew J. Weightman;Barry A. Cragg;R. John Parkes

  • Prokaryotic community composition and biogeochemical processes in deep subseafloor sediments from the Peru Margin.

    Gordon Webster;R. John Parkes;Barry A. Cragg;Carole J. Newberry

  • Bacterial populations and processes in sediments containing gas hydrates (ODP Leg 146: Cascadia Margin)

    B.A. Cragg;R.J. Parkes;J.C. Fry;A.J. Weightman

  • Effect of sample handling on estimation of bacterial diversity in marine sediments by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis

    Paul A. Rochelle;Barry A. Cragg;John C. Fry;R. John Parkes

  • Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of methane cycling in subsurface marine sediments (Skagerrak, Denmark).

    Ronald John Parkes;Barry Andrew Cragg;Natasha C. Banning;Fiona Brock

  • Bacterial Biomass and Activity in Deep Sediment Layers from the Peru Margin [and Discussion]

    Ronald John Parkes;Barry Andrew Cragg;John Christopher Fry;R. A. Herbert

  • Isotopic evidence for anoxic pyrite oxidation and stimulation of bacterial sulphate reduction in marine sediments

    S. H. Bottrell;Ronald John Parkes;Barry Andrew Cragg;R. Raiswell

  • Living microbial ecosystems within the active zone of catagenesis: Implications for feeding the deep biosphere

    B. Horsfield;H.J. Schenk;K. Zink;R. Ondrak

  • The microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents

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Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald John Parkes
Ronald John Parkes Cardiff University
John C. Fry
John C. Fry Cardiff University
Andrew J. Weightman
Andrew J. Weightman Cardiff University
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Timothy G. Ferdelman
Timothy G. Ferdelman Max Planck Society
Miriam Kastner
Miriam Kastner University of California, San Diego
Caroline P. Slomp
Caroline P. Slomp Radboud University
Jens Kallmeyer
Jens Kallmeyer Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
James R. Maxwell
James R. Maxwell University of Bristol
Arthur J. Spivack
Arthur J. Spivack University of Rhode Island

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