Efficient preservation of old methane-derived organic carbon in deep-sea surface sediments

R Rui Bao Y Yangli Che M Mingzhi Liu N Naiyu Zhang Y Yang Zhou L Lihua Dong S Shen Li (School of Marine Technology and Equipment, State Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) O Owen A. Sherwood M Min Yu Z Zongheng Chen S Shengxiong Yang N Nan Wang L Longhai Zhu J Jiawang Chen M Mutai Bao H Haoshuai Li L Luonan Chen W Weifeng Wu H Haiyue Ma D David J. Burdige