Global gas flux from mud volcanoes: A significant source of fossil methane in the atmosphere and the ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Milkov, Alexei V ^a   Sassen, Roger ^b   Apanasovich, Tatiyana V ^b   Dadashev, Farid G ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES; VOLCANOES;

FOSSIL GASES; CURRENT MODELS; DEEP WATER; FOSSIL HYDROCARBONS; LARGE VOLUMES; MUD VOLCANOES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; QUIESCENT PERIOD; SEA FLOOR;

VOLCANOES; GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EMISSION; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 0038495930     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016358     Document Type: Article

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