Seasonal variability of shallow biogenic gas in Chesapeake Bay

Marine Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 75-88

  Hagen, Rick A ^a,b   Vogt, Peter R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Seafloor Surveys International   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic turbidity; Chesapeake Bay; Methane saturation; Sediment gas bubbles

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; GAS; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; SEASONALITY; SURFACE LAYER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032965568     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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