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Richard B. Coffin is affiliated with Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Within these fields, Coffin has contributed notably to subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Aerospace Engineering.

The main topics of Coffin's work include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Coffin's recent publications demonstrate a focus on natural gas hydrate resources, methane dynamics in marine sediments, and reservoir architecture. Selected papers include:

  • Classification of natural gas hydrate resources: Review, application and prospect (2024), published in Gas Science and Engineering
  • Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Pump in Methane-Charged Shallow Marine Sediments: State of the Art and New Model Perspectives (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • A review analysis of gas hydrate tests: engineering progress and policy trend (2020), published in Environmental Geotechnics
  • Structural and stratigraphic controls on reservoir architecture: A case study from the lower Oligocene Vicksburg Formation, Brooks County, Texas (2023), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Imitating the effects of drilling fluid invasion on the strength behaviors of hydrate-bearing sediments: An experimental study (2022), published in Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent coauthors in Coffin's research network include Bjørn Kvamme, Shouwei Zhou, Jinzhou Zhao, Liehui Zhang, and Ingo A. Pecher. These collaborations suggest active engagement with researchers in related scientific domains.

Coffin frequently publishes work in venues such as Frontiers in Earth Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, Gas Science and Engineering, Marine and Petroleum Geology, and Frontiers in Marine Science. This diversity of publication outlets reflects a cross-disciplinary approach connecting environmental science, geotechnical engineering, and marine studies.

Best Publications

  • Complex gas hydrate from the Cascadia margin

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

  • Isotopic and Elemental Variations of Carbon and Nitrogen in a Mangrove Estuary

    L.A. Cifuentes;R.B. Coffin;L. Solorzano;W. Cardenas

  • Bacterial uptake of dissolved free and combined amino acids in estuarine waters

    Richard B. Coffin

  • Field and laboratory measurements of bivalve filtration of natural marine bacterioplankton1

    Richard T. Wright;Richard B. Coffin;Curtis P. Ersing;Daniel Pearson

  • Diel and depth profiles of DNA photodamage in bacterioplankton exposed to ambient solar ultraviolet radiation

    Wade H. Jeffrey;Ralph J. Pledger;Peter Aas;Silvia Hager

  • Optical Proxies for Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter in Estuaries and Coastal Waters

    Christopher L. Osburn;Thomas J. Boyd;Michael T. Montgomery;Thomas S. Bianchi

  • Measuring microzooplankton grazing on planktonic marine bacteria by its impact on bacterial production.

    Richard T. Wright;Richard B. Coffin

  • Dissolved free amino acids, combined amino acids, and DNA as sources of carbon and nitrogen to marine bacteria

    Nog Jørgensen;N. Kroer;RB Coffin;X. H. Yang

  • Ocean currents shape the microbiome of Arctic marine sediments.

    Leila J Hamdan;Richard B Coffin;Masoumeh Sikaroodi;Jens Greinert

  • Microbial trophodynamics in the Delaware Estuary

    RB Coffin;JH Sharp

  • Carbon isotopic compositions of estuarine bacteria

    Richard B. Coffin;Brian Fry;Bruce J. Peterson;Richard T. Wright

  • Availability of dissolved organic carbon to bacterioplankton examined by oxygen utilization

    RB Coffin;JP Connolly;PS Harris

  • Stable carbon isotope analysis of nucleic acids to trace sources of dissolved substrates used by estuarine bacteria.

    R B Coffin;D J Velinsky;R Devereux;W A Price

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

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

  • The influence of river variability on the circulation, chemistry, and microbiology of the Delaware Estuary

    Jonathan H. Sharp;Luis A. Cifuentes;Richard B. Coffin;Jonathan R. Pennock

  • Iron stimulation of Antarctic bacteria

    J. Dean Pakulski;Richard B. Coffin;Cheryl A. Kelley;Sonya L. Holder

  • Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation activity below the sulfate-methane transition zone in Alaskan Beaufort Sea continental margin sediments: Implications for deep sulfur cycling

    Tina Treude;Stefan Krause;Johanna Maltby;Andrew W. Dale

  • Ambient Solar Radiation‐Induced Photodamage in Marine Bacterioplankton

    Wade H. Jeffrey;Peter Aas;M. Maille Lyons;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

  • Radiocarbon in marine bacteria: Evidence for the ages of assimilated carbon

    Jennifer Cherrier;James E. Bauer;Ellen R. M. Druffel;Richard B. Coffin

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Pohlman
John W. Pohlman United States Geological Survey
Michael T. Montgomery
Michael T. Montgomery Naval Postgraduate School
Luis A. Cifuentes
Luis A. Cifuentes New Mexico State University
Jens Greinert
Jens Greinert GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Christopher L. Osburn
Christopher L. Osburn North Carolina State University
Wade H. Jeffrey
Wade H. Jeffrey University of West Florida
Stuart Henrys
Stuart Henrys University of Auckland
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Masoumeh Sikaroodi
Masoumeh Sikaroodi George Mason University
Patrick M. Gillevet
Patrick M. Gillevet George Mason University

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