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New Zealand Drilling Planning
Drs. Pecher and Coffin are coleaders with Dr. Lowell Stott (University of Southern California) to organize an International Ocean Discovery Plan (IODP) research expedition on the Chatham Rise off of the Eastern Coast of New Zealand, where we observed methane gas...
read more2020 – 2021 Hackensack River Coffin and Provectus
Dr. Coffin is working with Provectus Environmental Products to apply isotope geochemical analysis of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) to confirm statements from the New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency about a company’s contribution to New Jersey Hackensack River...
read more2019-2021 Victoria Texas Oil Refining Via Acoustic Harmony And Select Frequencies
Dr. Coffin is working with Total Machining Solutions on applying harmonic frequency cascade (HFC) to oil refining and desulfurization. HFC provides capability to refine oil to different petroleum stocks and remove sulfur in oil. This novel work provides technical,...
read more2018 – 2021 CNOOC and SWPU Discussions on Development
Drs. Kvamme and Coffin have been actively consulting and developing programs with Southwest Petroleum Research University in Chengdu and China National Offshore Oil Corporation in Beijing, China. Work topics focus on CO2 sequestration and related classroom teaching...
read moreA REVIEW ANALYSIS OF GAS HYDRATE TESTS: ENGINEERING PROGRESS AND POLICY TREND.
Environmental Geotechnics Chen, L. Merey, S., Pecher, I. Okajima, J. Komya, A., Diaz-Naveas, J., Li, S., Maruyama, S., Kalachand, S. Kvamme, B., Coffin, R. Methane hydrate has become one promising energy resource for humankind. In this study, recent worldwide...
read moreDISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON PUMP IN METHANE-CHARGED SHALLOW MARINE SEDIMENTS: STATE OF THE ART AND NEW MODEL PERSPECTIVES.
Frontiers in Marine Science. Akam, S.A., Coffin, R.B., Abdulla, H.A., Lyons, T.A. Our data synthesis and broad interpretation emphasizes the importance of SMTZ as not only a methane sink but also an important diagenetic front for global DIC cycling. We further...
read moreCARBON ISOTOPE FORENSICS FOR METHANE SOURCE IDENTIFICATION.
Remediation Coffin, R., Mueller, J. Methane (CH4) in ecosystems originates from ancient petroleum formed deep within the earth and/or via microbial fermentation of organic carbon and subsequent reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2). Given the complexity of different...
read more2020 Antarctic Planning
Dr. Coffin and Dr. Pecher submitted a proposal to the National Science Foundation to conduct 16 weeks at sea over two years working down in the Ross Sea off the coast of Antarctica on deep ocean warming and the volumes of methane and oil in this region. Expectations...
read moreCO2 RELEASE FROM POCKMARKS ON THE CHATHAM RISE-BOUNTY TROUGH AT THE GLACIAL TERMINATION.
Paleoceanography And Paleoclimatology Stott, L., Davy, B. Shao, J. Coffin, R., Pecher, I., Neil, H., Rose, P. Seafloor pockmarks of varying size occur over an area of 50,000 km2 on the Chatham Rise, Canterbury Shelf and Inner Bounty Trough, New Zealand. The pockmarks...
read moreATMOSPHERE-OCEAN CO2 EXCHANGE ACROSS THE LAST DEGLACIATION FROM THE BORON ISOTOPE PROXY
Paleoceanography Shao, J., Stott, L., Gray, W.R., Rae, J.W.B., Greenop, R., Pecher, I., Coffin, R.B., Neil, H. Identifying processes within the Earth System that have modulated atmospheric pCO2 during each glacial cycle of the late Pleistocene stands as one of the...
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