Fate of vent-derived methane in seawater above the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (Norwegian Sea)

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Damm, Ellen ^a   Budéus, Gereon ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Methane; Mud volcano; North Atlantic current; Norwegian Sea; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COLD SEEP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEAWATER;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0037670172     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(03)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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