The Controlling Role of Gas Chimney Episodic Activity and Its Thermal Effects on Gas Hydrate System Development

doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-0287-1

• Junsheng Luo^a , 
• Wei Zhang^b,c,d , 
• Zhifeng Wan^{a ,  ,}  , 
• Tongzhi Lu^a , 
• Xuewan Wu^a , 
• Juncheng Hu^a , 
• Chaoqi Shi^a , 
• Zihan Li^a , 
• Qiqi Chen^a , 
• Guifeng Wang^e , 
• Lihua Zuo^f , 
• Yuefeng Sun^g

• a School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519000, China;

• b Sanya Institute of South China Sea Geology, Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Sanya, 572024, China;

• c National Engineering Research Center for Gas Hydrate Exploration and Development Guangzhou, 510075, China;

• d Academy of South China Sea Geological Science, China Geological Survey, Sanya, 572024, China;

• e Marine Geological Institute of Hainan Province, Haikou, 570206, China;

• f Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, USA;

• g Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA