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Dr. Thomas Pape

Group: 

General Geology - Marine Geology

Phone: 

+49 421 218-65053

Fax:

+49 421 218-65099

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Room: 

GEO, 1110

Thomas Pape

Research topics

  • Origin and composition of gases at submarine seeps and vents
  • Postgenetic alterations of volatile components
  • Quantity, chemistry, and dynamics of submarine gas hydrates
  • Geomicrobiology at submarine gas emission sites
  • Biogeochemistry of marine deposits

 

Current research projects

MARUM Research Area GB: Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions

Cluster of Excellence 'The Ocean Floor'

 

Publications

Articles, peer-reviewed (past 'three' years)

2024

Bohrmann, G, Streuff, K, Römer, M, Knutsen, SM, Smrzka, D, Kleint, J, Röhler, A, Pape, T, Sandstå, NR, Kleint, C, Hansen, C, dos Santos Ferreira, C, Walter, M, de Paula Santos, GM and Bach, W (2024) Discovery of the first hydrothermal field along the 500-km-long Knipovich Ridge offshore Svalbard (the Jøtul field). Scientific Reports, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-60802-3

2023

Lin, YT, Rumble, D, Young, ED, Labidi, J, Tu, TH, Chen, JN, Pape, T, Bohrmann, G, Lin, S, Lin, LH and Wang, PL (2023) Diverse origins of gases from mud volcanoes and seeps in tectonically fragmented terrane. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24(10). doi:10.1029/2022GC010791

Bohrmann, G, Berndt, C, Lin, S, Tu, TH, Lin, AT, Hsu, HH, Lai, MC, Chi, WC, Deusner, C, Elger, J, Wallmann, K, Freudenthal, T, Mau, S, Pape, T, Tseng, YT, Yu, PS, Fan, LF, Chen, JN, Chen, SC, Chen, TT and Wei, KY (2023) Geological controls on the distribution of gas hydrates in the shallow parts of the gas hydrate stability zone – constraints from seafloor drilling off Taiwan. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 153. 106253. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106253

Doll, M, Römer, M, Pape, T, Kölling, M, Kaul, N, dos Santos Ferreira, C and Bohrmann, G (2023) Recent and episodic activity of decoupled mud/fluid discharge at Sartori mud volcano in the Calabrian Arc, Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Earth Science. doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1181380

Marsset, T, Pape, T, Simplet, L, Dennielou, B, Ruffine, L, Bohrmann, G and Révillon, S (2023) Plumbing systems and associated seafloor fluid seepages in deep-water Nigeria: Factors controlling their architecture and cyclic evolution. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 153. 106273. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106273

Tseng, Y, Römer, M, Lin, S, Pape, T, Berndt, C, Chen, TT, Paull, CK, Caress, DW and Bohrmann, G (2023) Yam Seep at Four-Way Closure Ridge: a prominent active gas seep system at the accretionary wedge SW offshore Taiwan. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 112. 1043-1061. doi:10.1007/s00531-022-02280-4

2022

Blumenberg, M, Schlömer, S, Reinhardt, L, Scheeder, G, Pape, T and Römer, M (2022) Biomarker insights into a methane-enriched Holocene peat-setting from “Doggerland” (central North Sea). The Holocene. 095968362211069. doi:10.1177/09596836221106958

Freudenthal, T, Villinger, H, Riedel, M and Pape, T (2022) Heat flux estimation from borehole temperatures acquired during logging while tripping: a case study with the sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo. Marine Geophysical Research, 43(3). doi:10.1007/s11001-022-09500-1

Lalk, E, Pape, T, Gruen, DS, Kaul, N, Karolewski, JS, Bohrmann, G and Ono, S (2022) Clumped methane isotopologue-based temperature estimates for sources of methane in marine gas hydrates and associated vent gases. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 327. 276-297. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2022.04.013

Pereira, SI, Diehl, A, McDermott, JM, Pape, T, Klose, L, Strauss, H, Bohrmann, G and Bach, W (2022) Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the E2-segment of the East Scotia Ridge: magmatic input, reaction zone processes, fluid mixing regimes and bioenergetic landscapes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. 765648. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.765648

Zabel, M, Glud, RN, Sanei, H, Elvert, M, Pape, T, Chuang, PC, Okuma, E, Geprägs, P and Kölling, M (2022) High carbon mineralization rates in subseafloor hadal sediments — Result of frequent mass wasting. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(9). doi:10.1029/2022GC010502


Book sections

Pape, T and Bohrmann, G (2022) Shallow Gas Hydrates Associated to Pockmarks in the Northern Congo Deep-Sea Fan, SW Africa. In: Mienert, J, Berndt, C, Tréhu, AM, Camerlenghi, A and Liu, CS (eds.) World Atlas of Submarine Gas Hydrates in Continental Margins. Springer, Cham., 359-371. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81186-0_31

Pape, T, Blumenberg, M, Seifert, R, Bohrmann, G and Michaelis, W (2008) Marine methane biogeochemistry of the Black Sea: A review. In: Dilek, Y, Furnes, H and Muehlenbachs, K (eds.) Links between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities & Evolution of Life. Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, 4. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, 281-311. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8306-8_9


Teaching

  • Geological maps (since 2009)
  • Identification of Rocks (since 2021)
  • Ship-based Survey for Marine Sediments with R/V ALKOR (since 2009)

Links

Research group 'General Geology - Marine Geology'
(Prof. G. Bohrmann)

Joint project SUGAR III (BMBF-/BMWI-funded (external, GEOMAR, Kiel)