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2011年4月4日 · The Gulf of Mexico refers to an economically important basin with a long history of hydrocarbon exploration. It is a region that has been the subject of debate due to limited data and proprietary industry information, but collaborative efforts between industry and academia are essential for understanding its formation.
Opening of the Gulf of Mexico: What we know, what questions …
2022年1月5日 · The Gulf of Mexico is an economically important basin with more than a century-long history of hydrocarbon exploration. However, the opening of the basin remains debated for two reasons: 1) the quality of data does not allow for reliable interpretations of crustal features beneath thick and complex overburden, and 2) most industry well and ...
Geochemistry of marine sediments adjacent to the Los Tuxtlas …
2022年6月1日 · The Papaloapan River basin (17°19° N and 95°–97° 40′ W) is the second largest hydrological basin in Mexico, drains 39,189 km 2 of catchment area before reaching the Gulf of Mexico with an annual volume of discharge of 39,175 km 3. The Papaloapan River flows into the Gulf of Mexico through the Alvarado lagoon, Veracruz State.
Multiple evidence for methylotrophic methanogenesis as the …
2016年8月15日 · Similarly, hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis was also not detected in hydrogen-replete brine pools in the Gulf of Mexico (Joye et al., 2009), indicating that hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis might be limited by factors other than hydrogen concentrations or might generally be suppressed in hypersaline habitats (as previously suggested by Oren, 1999).
Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and ...
2022年12月1日 · The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) contains a wide range of ecosystems that provide important services and play a critical role in supporting the Gulf coast, United States, and international economies. For example, according to NOAA Fisheries in 2019, GOM commercial seafood landings revenue in the United States was $1.4 billion and accounted for 15% of ...
Changes in Shrimping Effort in the Gulf of Mexico and the Impacts …
2020年5月22日 · Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is one of the most important and controversial species fished in the United States and is at the nexus of three multimillion-dollar industries: directed recreational fisheries, directed commercial fisheries, and bycatch in commercial penaeid shrimp trawls (Gallaway et al., 2017).
Gulf of Mexico sediment sources and sediment transport trends …
2006年8月24日 · Results from these measurements are compared to previously determined calcium carbonate percentages, and clay and hematite influx trajectories into the Gulf of Mexico for the same samples reported by Balsam and Beeson [Balsam, W.L. and Beeson, J.P., 2003. Sea-floor sediment distribution in the Gulf of Mexico, Deep-Sea Res. I, 50, 1421–1444.].
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2019年1月1日 · Pollution within the Gulf of Mexico is comparable to levels in the Greater Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Hyland et al., 2003; Jambeck et al., 2015). Although natural petrochemical seeps are present within the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of minor and major petrochemical accidents and spills have occurred over the past several decades (Turner and ...
Sequence stratigraphy of the Miocene section, southern Gulf of …
2017年9月1日 · The resultant Paleogene clastic sedimentation in the southern Gulf of Mexico, the Chiapas Massif still produced large volumes of sediments deposited in large depocenters, whereas in the Yucatan Block the deposition of shallow water carbonates continued (Padilla y Sánchez, 2007). In the study area, the Miocene succession is mainly sand-prone ...
3D mapping of intruding salt bodies in the subsurface of the Gulf …
2020年12月1日 · The most extensive salt tectonic study in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico has been Bouroullec et al. (2017 a, 2017 b), looking at salt geometries and spatial variation of salt distribution. Bouroullec et al. (2017 a) identified three provinces within the northeastern Gulf of Mexico using primarily 2D seismic data. Within the eastern province ...