Gas seepage pockmark microbiomes suggest the presence of sedimentary coal seams in the Oxarfjordur graben of NE-Iceland
G. V. Thorsteinsdottir, A. Blischke, A. Sigurbjornsdottir, F. Oskarsson, T. S. Arnarson, K. P. Magnusson, O. Vilhelmsson
The paper analyzes bacterial communities from gas seepage pockmarks in Iceland to infer sedimentary coal seam presence, finding distinct microbial signatures linked to biogenic and geothermal methane sources.
bioRxiv · Jul 15, 2019Microbiology