The 14th International conference on Gas in Marine Sediments (GIMS14) will be held in Haifa, Israel, from October 14 to 20, 2018. The interdisciplinary conference intends to bring together geologists, biologists, microbiologists, geophysicists, oceanographers, geochemists and scientists from other disciplines in order to facilitate interdisciplinary and international cooperation. The forum will provide a platform for current knowledge and future programs in methane inventories, fluxes and their role within the carbon cycle and biodiversity.

Formation of methane and other gases in shallow sediments

Subsurface fluid flow and associated geochemical and thermal gradients

Bubbles in sediment and water column

Gas hydrate presence, including formation and destabilization

Imaging of sub-seafloor gas structures by seismic studies

Diversity and processes of cold seeps, pockmarks and mud volcanoes

Regional studies on the abundance and distribution of gas and gas hydrate

Seafloor gas emissions to the water column and the atmosphere

Biological, microbiological and biogeochemical processes at cold seeps

Methane related authigenic mineral precipitation

Technologies for detection and quantification of gas seepage