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Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
5904
World Ranking
6129
National Ranking
61

Best Publications

  • Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  • Membrane lipid patterns typify distinct anaerobic methanotrophic consortia

    Martin Blumenberg;Richard Seifert;Joachim Reitner;Thomas Pape

  • Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses.

    Jillian M. Petersen;Frank U. Zielinski;Thomas Pape;Richard Seifert

  • Biosynthesis of hopanoids by sulfate-reducing bacteria (genus Desulfovibrio).

    Martin Blumenberg;Martin Krüger;Katja Nauhaus;Helen M. Talbot

  • Widespread methane seepage along the continental margin off Svalbard - from Bjørnøya to Kongsfjorden

    Susan Mau;Miriam Römer;Marta E Torres;Ingeborg Bussmann

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

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

  • Quantification of gas bubble emissions from submarine hydrocarbon seeps at the Makran continental margin (offshore Pakistan)

    Miriam Römer;Heiko Sahling;Thomas Pape;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Subduction zone earthquake as potential trigger of submarine hydrocarbon seepage

    David Fischer;José M. Mogollón;Michael Strasser;Thomas Pape

  • Unexpected occurrence of hopanoids at gas seeps in the Black Sea

    Volker Thiel;Martin Blumenberg;Thomas Pape;Richard Seifert

  • Molecular and isotopic partitioning of low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons during migration and gas hydrate precipitation in deposits of a high-flux seepage site

    Thomas Pape;André Bahr;André Bahr;Janet Rethemeyer;John D. Kessler

  • Vodyanitskii mud volcano, Sorokin trough, Black Sea: Geological characterization and quantification of gas bubble streams

    Heiko Sahling;Gerhard Bohrmann;Yuriy G. Artemov;André Bahr

  • Geological control and magnitude of methane ebullition from a high-flux seep area in the Black Sea—the Kerch seep area

    Miriam Römer;Heiko Sahling;Thomas Pape;André Bahr

  • Development and application of pressure-core-sampling systems for the investigation of gas- and gas-hydrate-bearing sediments

    Friedrich Abegg;Hans-Jürgen Hohnberg;Thomas Pape;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Gas emissions at the continental margin west of Svalbard: mapping, sampling, and quantification

    H. Sahling;M. Römer;T. Pape;B. Bergès

  • Pockmark formation and evolution in deep water Nigeria: Rapid hydrate growth versus slow hydrate dissolution

    N. Sultan;G. Bohrmann;L. Ruffine;T. Pape

  • The influence of ultramafic rocks on microbial communities at the Logatchev hydrothermal field, located 15°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Mirjam Perner;Jan Kuever;Richard Seifert;Thomas Pape

  • Formation of seep carbonates along the Makran convergent margin, northern Arabian Sea and a molecular and isotopic approach to constrain the carbon isotopic composition of parent methane

    Tobias Himmler;Tobias Himmler;Daniel Birgel;Germain Bayon;Thomas Pape

  • Diagenetic barium cycling in Black Sea sediments – A case study for anoxic marine environments

    Susann Henkel;José M Mogollón;Kerstin Nöthen;Christine Franke

  • In Vitro Study of Lipid Biosynthesis in an Anaerobically Methane-Oxidizing Microbial Mat

    Martin Blumenberg;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Thomas Pape

  • Anaerobic degradation of non-methane alkanes by “candidatus methanoliparia” in hydrocarbon seeps of the gulf of Mexico

    Rafael Laso-Pérez;Rafael Laso-Pérez;Cedric Hahn;Daan M. van Vliet;Halina E. Tegetmeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Regine Herbst-Irmer
Regine Herbst-Irmer University of Göttingen
Mathias Noltemeyer
Mathias Noltemeyer University of Göttingen
Herbert W. Roesky
Herbert W. Roesky University of Göttingen
Hans-Georg Schmidt
Hans-Georg Schmidt University of Göttingen
George M. Sheldrick
George M. Sheldrick University of Göttingen
Harald Kolmar
Harald Kolmar Technical University of Darmstadt
Stephan Schulz
Stephan Schulz University of Duisburg-Essen
Marius Andruh
Marius Andruh University of Bucharest

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