Long-Term Signature of Carbon Cycle in Marine Systems: Evidence from Geochemistry

Dear Colleagues,

Marine systems, including coastal systems, pelagic systems, and deep-sea systems, are providing a variety of geological evidence that is shedding light on the fields of geoscience, marine science, and astrobiology. Carbon moves through different carriers in the oceans as a large variety of organic molecules or ions, and is influenced by multiple oceanic conditions in different marine systems over long periods of geological time. Carbon cycles therefore play a significant role in several geological resources and energy. For example, the accumulation of fossil fuel deposits, including coal, oil shale, black shales, oil, etc., and hydrothermal polymetallic sulfide minerals, are all influenced by carbon cycling. Our objective is to enhance and broaden our comprehension of carbon cycles, climate, and energy resources by investigating the carbon cycle signature in marine systems over the long term.

This Special Issue was created to offer a platform for the scientific investigation of the signatures of carbon cycles in marine systems, as well as the interpretation of these signatures in relation to energy resources, sediment deposition, modern and geological climate change, paleo oceanic conditions, marine molecular biology, origins of life, and astrobiology.

We are pleased to accept contributions from researchers worldwide, with a particular emphasis on organic geochemistry, inorganic geochemistry, molecular simulation, geostatistics, modelling, and gene discovery. Please accept our invitation to participate in this significant expedition of investigation and discovery.

Prof. Dr. Simon C. George
Dr. Qiannan Xu
Dr. Lian Jiang
Dr. Xiaoqi Wang
Guest Editors

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