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John W. Pohlman is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research predominantly covers Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Environmental Science and several related subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis.

Pohlman's publication record includes papers in a variety of journals and venues. Notable recent works include:

  • "Metabolic flexibility of aerobic methanotrophs under anoxic conditions in Arctic lake sediments," 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "Contribution of deep-sourced carbon from hydrocarbon seeps to sedimentary organic carbon: Evidence from radiocarbon and stable isotope geochemistry," 2021, Chemical Geology
  • "Discrete Sample Introduction Module for Quantitative and Isotopic Analysis of Methane and Other Gases by Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Methane oxidation dynamics in a karst subterranean estuary," 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Oxygenation of a karst subterranean estuary during a tropical cyclone: mechanisms and implications for the carbon cycle," 2022, Limnology and Oceanography

Pohlman has collaborated frequently with researchers including Michael Riedel, Timothy S. Collett, Mitchell J Malone, Gilles Guèrin, and Fumio Akiba. Their co-authorship records show significant recurring partnerships, each contributing to over twenty joint publications.

Their primary publication venues reflect diverse interests, with the largest number of publications hosted on Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), followed by contributions to The ISME Journal, Chemical Geology, Environmental Science & Technology, and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Best Publications

  • Complex gas hydrate from the Cascadia margin

    Hailong Lu;Yu-taek Seo;Jong-won Lee;Igor Moudrakovski

  • Nonequilibrium clumped isotope signals in microbial methane

    David T. Wang;David T. Wang;Danielle S. Gruen;Danielle S. Gruen;Barbara Sherwood Lollar;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

  • Methane hydrate formation in turbidite sediments of northern Cascadia, IODP Expedition 311

    M.E. Torres;A.M. Tréhu;N. Cespedes;M. Kastner

  • Carbon isotope equilibration during sulphate-limited anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Marcos Yukio Yoshinaga;Thomas Holler;Tobias Goldhammer;Gunter Wegener

  • India National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 02 Summary of Scientific Results: Gas hydrate systems along the eastern continental margin of India

    Timothy S. Collett;Ray Boswell;William F. Waite;Pushpendra Kumar

  • The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate and other dissolved carbon species in deep subseafloor sediments at the northern Cascadia Margin

    Verena B. Heuer;John W. Pohlman;Marta E. Torres;Marcus Elvert

  • The effect of diagenesis and fluid migration on rare earth element distribution in pore fluids of the northern Cascadia accretionary margin

    Ji-Hoon Kim;Marta E. Torres;Brian A. Haley;Miriam Kastner

  • A simple headspace equilibration method for measuring dissolved methane

    Cédric Magen;Cédric Magen;Laura L. Lapham;John W. Pohlman;Kathleen Marshall

  • A stable isotope study of organic cycling and the ecology of an anchialine cave ecosystem

    Pohlman Jw;Iliffe Tm;Cifuentes La

  • Methane sources and production in the northern Cascadia margin gas hydrate system

    John Pohlman;Masanori Kaneko;Verena B. Heuer;Richard B. Coffin

  • The origin of thermogenic gas hydrates on the northern Cascadia Margin as inferred from isotopic (13C/12C and D/H) and molecular composition of hydrate and vent gas

    John W. Pohlman;John W. Pohlman;Elizabeth A. Canuel;N. Ross Chapman;George D. Spence

  • Methane hydrate-bearing seeps as a source of aged dissolved organic carbon to the oceans

    John W. Pohlman;James E. Bauer;William F. Waite;Christopher L. Osburn

  • Methane- and dissolved organic carbon-fueled microbial loop supports a tropical subterranean estuary ecosystem.

    David Brankovits;John W. Pohlman;John W. Pohlman;Helge Niemann;Mary Beth Leigh

  • Radiocarbon dating of a very large African baobab.

    Adrian Patrut;Karl F von Reden;Daniel A Lowy;Andries H Alberts

  • Shifts in Identity and Activity of Methanotrophs in Arctic Lake Sediments in Response to Temperature Changes

    Ruo He;Ruo He;Matthew J. Wooller;John W. Pohlman;John Quensen

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from diverse Arctic Alaskan lakes are dominated by young carbon

    Clayton D. Elder;Xiaomei Xu;Jennifer Walker;Jordan L. Schnell;Jordan L. Schnell

  • Diversity of active aerobic methanotrophs along depth profiles of arctic and subarctic lake water column and sediments.

    Ruo He;Matthew J Wooller;John W Pohlman;John Quensen

  • Rapid sea level rise and ice sheet response to 8,200-year climate event

    Thomas M. Cronin;P. R. Vogt;Debra A. Willard;Robert C. Thunell

  • Thermogenic gas hydrates in the northern Cascadia margin

    Ross Chapman;John Pohlman;Rick Coffin;Jeff Chanton

  • Assessing sulfate reduction and methane cycling in a high salinity pore water system in the northern Gulf of Mexico

    John W. Pohlman;Carolyn D. Ruppel;Deborah R. Hutchinson;R. Downer

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard B. Coffin
Richard B. Coffin Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Michael Riedel
Michael Riedel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Matthew J. Wooller
Matthew J. Wooller University of Alaska Fairbanks
Marta E Torres
Marta E Torres Oregon State University
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Carolyn D. Ruppel
Carolyn D. Ruppel United States Geological Survey
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Mary Beth Leigh
Mary Beth Leigh University of Alaska Fairbanks
Thomas M. Iliffe
Thomas M. Iliffe Texas A&M University at Galveston
Miriam Kastner
Miriam Kastner University of California, San Diego

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