Seabed Fluid Flow
The Impact on Geology, Biology and the Marine Environment

Describes seabed fluid flow processes for research scientists and professionals in the marine environment.

Alan Judd (Author), Martin Hovland (Author)

9780521114202, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 June 2009

492 pages, 210 b/w illus. 4 tables
24.6 x 18.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.87 kg

'A particularly novel feature, emphasising the educative value of this publication, is the 15 PowerPoint presentations on various aspects of seabed seepage … The website makes reading the book an interactive process, and serves to emphasise that it should be a constant reference on the shelves of those working offshore - a very reasonable price for this very useful book.' Geoscientist

Seabed fluid flow involves the flow of gases and liquids through the seabed. Such fluids have been found to leak through the seabed into the marine environment in seas and oceans around the world - from the coasts to deep ocean trenches. This geological phenomenon has widespread implications for the sub-seabed, seabed, and marine environments. Seabed fluid flow affects seabed morphology, mineralization, and benthic ecology. Natural fluid emissions also have a significant impact on the composition of the oceans and atmosphere; and gas hydrates and hydrothermal minerals are potential future resources. This book describes seabed fluid flow features and processes, and demonstrates their importance to human activities and natural environments. It is targeted at research scientists and professionals with interests in the marine environment. Colour versions of many of the illustrations, and additional material - most notably feature location maps - can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521819503.

Acknowledgements
1. Seabed fluid flow introduction
2. Pockmarks, shallow gas and seeps: an initial appraisal
3. Seabed fluid flow around the world
4. The contexts of seabed fluid flow
5. The nature and origins of flowing fluids
6. Shallow gas and gas hydrates
7. Migration and seabed features
8. Seabed fluid flow and biology
9. Seabed fluid flow and mineral precipitation
10. Impacts on the hydrosphere and atmosphere
11. Implications for man
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Oceanography [seas RBKC], Economic geology [RBGL], Stratigraphy [RBGH], Marine biology [PSPM], Fluid mechanics [PHDF]