南海冷泉区甲烷渗漏过程的原位观测-研究.pdf

In Situ Observation of Methane Seepage in the South China Sea Abstract The relation of gas hydrates and global warming is one of the most pressing issues in the current global change research. The underwater cold seeps accompany with methane seepage, which is as the sign of gas hydrate storage and an important way of decompose of submarine hydrates, not only causes a complex marine biogeochemical cycle and ecological process, but also plays an important role in the global carbon cycle and climate change. The south China sea is an important prospect area of hydrate resources, but the research about methane seepage associated with cold seep activity is still in its infancy, which is limited by deep-sea exploration technology for a long time, particularly, the research of cold seeps based on the long term in situ observation technique and the time-series variation of methane seepage is still not comprehensive. An new in situ environmental monitoring system for deep-sea benthic boundary layer(BBL) has been developed, base on it, in situ observation of cold seeps of the south China sea was carried out in the BBL, the long time series change data, such as the CH , CO , turbulence, temperature, salinity, pressure, turbidity are obtained, and 4 2 the related research is conducted. Research shows that: (1) There are high methane concentrations in the study area, the methane concentrations range between 3.8 μmol/L and 4.2 μmol/L in the BBL, which is 300 ~ 1000 times of the seawater above and the background values, this is the direct evidence of submarine cold seeps. (2) In the diurn