An Areal Assessment of Subseafloor Carbon Cycling in Cold Seeps and Hydrate-Bearing Areas in the Northern South China Sea

Figure 1

The bathematric map of the northern South China Sea. Rectangle boxes denote study areas. Note that Xisha herein includes the Qiongdongnan basin and Xisha Uplift, and Dongsha comprises a broad area of the eastern Zhujiangkou basin and SW Taiwan basin. The blue stars denote active seepage sites. The red triangle represents the Jiulong methane reef covering an area of ~400 km².