Cold Seep Carbonate Crust 14C Data and Model Results from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

A dataset and model results investigating chemical and hydrological controls on the 14C content of carbonate crusts formed at cold seeps. The data originates from cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is used to constrain models of fluid convection and methane flux. The dataset is hosted by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Modeling fluid convection and recirculation at cold seeps based on 14C tracer data.
• Estimating methane flux from gas hydrate destabilization based on simulated chemical conditions.
• Constraining the chemical and hydrological history of seep carbonate formation using numerical models.
• Analyzing the effects of advection, bioirrigation, and bioturbation on crust 14C content.

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a specific published numerical modeling study.
• Focuses on a specific tracer (14C) for a targeted geochemical process.
• Spatial context is explicitly defined as the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last update is in the future (2026-05-14).

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Numerical modeling applied to field data from cold seep carbonate crusts.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:29:17.383767

Geography

Eastern Mediterranean Sea