Thomas Pape

Thomas Pape publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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Thomas Pape D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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Best Publications

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

  Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  899
  Citations

• Membrane lipid patterns typify distinct anaerobic methanotrophic consortia

  Martin Blumenberg;Richard Seifert;Joachim Reitner;Thomas Pape

  447
  Citations

• Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses.

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

  322
  Citations

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

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

  219
  Citations

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

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

  153
  Citations

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

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

  147
  Citations

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

  Miriam Römer;Heiko Sahling;Thomas Pape;Gerhard Bohrmann

  146
  Citations

• Subduction zone earthquake as potential trigger of submarine hydrocarbon seepage

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

  136
  Citations

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

  Volker Thiel;Martin Blumenberg;Thomas Pape;Richard Seifert

  130
  Citations

• 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

  127
  Citations

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

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

  127
  Citations

• 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

  124
  Citations

• 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

  123
  Citations

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

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

  119
  Citations

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

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

  111
  Citations

• 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

  102
  Citations

• 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

  94
  Citations

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

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

  92
  Citations

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

  Martin Blumenberg;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Thomas Pape

  88
  Citations

• 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

  87
  Citations