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Michael Riedel is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Ocean Engineering, Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work is concentrated on several main topics including Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Some of the recent papers authored by Michael Riedel include:

  • Controls on Gas Emission Distribution on the Continental Slope of the Western Black Sea, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • In-situ borehole temperature measurements confirm dynamics of the gas hydrate stability zone at the upper Danube deep sea fan, Black Sea, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Michael Riedel has collaborated frequently with several co-authors across their publications. Notable frequent collaborators include A. M. Tréhu, Timothy S. Collett, Gilles Guèrin, Melanie Holland, and Philip E. Long.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional distribution of gas hydrate beneath southern Hydrate Ridge: Constraints from ODP Leg 204

    Anne M Tréhu;Philip E Long;Marta E Torres;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Rheological structure and deformation of subducted slabs in the mantle transition zone: implications for mantle circulation and deep earthquakes

    Shun-ichiro Karato;Michael R Riedel;David A Yuen

  • Feeding methane vents and gas hydrate deposits at south Hydrate Ridge

    Anne Martine Tréhu;Peter B. Flemings;Nathan Lawrence Bailey Bangs;Johanna Chevallier

  • Scientific results of the Second Gas Hydrate Drilling Expedition in the Ulleung Basin (UBGH2)

    Byong-Jae Ryu;Timothy S. Collett;Michael Riedel;Gil Young Kim

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

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

  • Geologic implications of gas hydrates in the offshore of India: Results of the National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 01

    Timothy S. Collett;Ray Boswell;James R. Cochran;Pushpendra Kumar

  • Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments: Lessons from Scientific Ocean Drilling

    Anne Tréhu;Carolyn Ruppel;Melanie Holland;Gerald Dickens

  • Grain-size evolution in subducted oceanic lithosphere associated with the olivine-spinel transformation and its effects on rheology

    Michael R. Riedel;Shun-ichiro Karato

  • Seismic investigations of a vent field associated with gas hydrates, offshore Vancouver Island

    M. Riedel;M. Riedel;G. D. Spence;N. R. Chapman;R. D. Hyndman;R. D. Hyndman

  • 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

  • Gas hydrate saturation in the Krishna–Godavari basin from P-wave velocity and electrical resistivity logs

    Uma Shankar;Michael Riedel

  • Geophysical and geochemical signatures associated with gas hydrate–related venting in the northern Cascadia margin

    Michael Riedel;Ivana Novosel;George D. Spence;Roy D. Hyndman

  • Gas hydrate dissociation off Svalbard induced by isostatic rebound rather than global warming

    Klaus Wallmann;Michael Riedel;Wei-Li Hong;Henry Patton

  • Seismic imaging of a fractured gas hydrate system in the Krishna-Godavari Basin offshore India

    Michael Riedel;T.S. Collett;P. Kumar;A.V. Sathe

  • Geophysical studies of marine gas hydrate in northern cascadia

    R.D. Hyndman;G.D. Spence;R. Chapman;M. Riedel

  • Gas hydrates: Entrance to a methane age or climate threat?

    Volker Krey;Josep G Canadell;Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Yuichi Abe

  • Geologic implications of gas hydrates in the offshore of India: Krishna–Godavari Basin, Mahanadi Basin, Andaman Sea, Kerala–Konkan Basin

    Pushpendra Kumar;Timothy S. Collett;Ray Boswell;James R. Cochran

  • Gas hydrates in the western deep-water Ulleung Basin, East Sea of Korea

    Byong-Jae Ryu;Michael Riedel;Ji-Hoon Kim;Roy D. Hyndman

  • Evidence of gas hydrate from downhole logging data in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea

    Gil Young Kim;Bo Yeon Yi;Dong Geun Yoo;Byong Jae Ryu

  • Occurrence and seismic characteristics of gas hydrate in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea

    Dong G. Yoo;Nyeon K. Kang;Bo Y. Yi;Gil Y. Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

George D. Spence
George D. Spence University of Victoria
Roy D. Hyndman
Roy D. Hyndman University of Victoria
Scott R. Dallimore
Scott R. Dallimore Geological Survey of Canada
Timothy S. Collett
Timothy S. Collett United States Geological Survey
Marta E Torres
Marta E Torres Oregon State University
John W. Pohlman
John W. Pohlman United States Geological Survey
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Kelin Wang
Kelin Wang Geological Survey of Canada
Klaus Wallmann
Klaus Wallmann GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jörg Bialas
Jörg Bialas GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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