Gas hydrate accumulation and occurrence associated with cold seep systems in the northern South China Sea: An overview

W Zhang, J Liang, Q Liang, J Wei, Z Wan, J Feng… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Studying deep‐water cold seep systems is of great significance to gas hydrate exploration
due to their close relationship. Various cold seep systems and related gas hydrate …

Investigation on hydrate exploitation in submarine slope: Insights from discontinuous pillar exploitation

Y Zhao, G Hu, Q Bu, L Liu, J Zhao, J Sun, Y Zhang… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
The decomposition of natural gas hydrate (NGH) will cause a decrease in reservoir strength,
which can easily induce submarine landslides when hydrate reservoirs are located on a …

Numerical study on mechanical properties and instability characteristics of sandy reservoir containing hydrate interlayer

M Zhao, H Liu, W Wang, Q Ma, L Xing - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A sound understanding of the geomechanical behavior of sandy reservoir containing
hydrate interlayer is crucial not only for safe exploitation of natural gas but also for assessing …

Risk assessment of surface conductor jetting installation during deep-water drilling in sloping seabed

X Zhao, Q Yin, J Yang, Y Long, H Liu, Y Guo - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasing exploration and development area of deep-water oil and gas fields in the
South China Sea, well construction operations in the deep-water sloping seabed area …

Submarine landslide susceptibility assessment integrating frequency ratio with supervised machine learning approach

X Meng, X Liu, Y Wang, H Zhang, X Guo - Applied Ocean Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Marine geological hazard assessment is crucial for the development and utilization of
marine resources, among which submarine landslide susceptibility assessment constitutes a …

Bacterial communities and culturable petroleum hydrocarbon degrading bacteria in marine sediments in the northeastern South China Sea

W Xu, Y Qiao, J Wei, Q Jiang, J Xue - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine oil spill pollution was one of the factors affecting the marine ecology of the
northeastern South China Sea (nSCS). The submarine oil produced after the oil spill had a …

Role of initial particle deposition in collapse dynamics and deposition morphology of submarine granular flows using CFD-DEM coupling method

Y Huang, X Tan, Y Bi, S Zhou, J Pu, Z Guo - Engineering Geology, 2025 - Elsevier
Submarine landslides represent a significant marine geohazard, making it essential to
understand their underlying dynamics. Initial deposition plays a crucial role in determining …

Large-scale seismic seafloor stability analysis in the South China Sea

Y Wang, R Wang, JM Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Earthquakes are considered as the major trigger of submarine landslides. This study
analyzes the large-scale seismic seafloor stability in the South China Sea (SCS), taking into …

Discrete element simulation analysis of damage and failure of hydrate-bearing sediments

M Zhao, H Liu, Q Ma, Q Xia, X Yang, F Li, X Li… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is of great significance to study the mechanical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments for
safe exploration. To date, the majority of the related research has focused on the analysis of …

A recent catastrophic submarine slope failure in the Krishna-Godavari basin, Bay of Bengal, India

P Dewangan, G Sriram, VP Mahale, VK Gaddam - Landslides, 2025 - Springer
Submarine mass wasting in continental margins poses a significant threat to offshore
installations, submarine communication cables, and coastal communities due to tsunamis …