Contribution to atmospheric methane by natural seepages on the Bulgarian continental shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2429-2442

  Dimitrov, Lyoubomir ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric methane; Black Sea; Bulgarian shelf; Gas seepage; Shallow gas

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GAS SEEPAGE; METHANE; SOURCE ROCK;

BLACK SEA;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0036847721     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00055-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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