Transient discharges from marine hydrocarbon seeps: Spatial and temporal variability

Environmental Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 8 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 1038-1052

  Leifer, I ^a   Boles, J R ^a   Luyendyk, B P ^a   Clark, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble; Hydrocarbon migration; Marine seeps

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; SEEPAGE; TURBINES; VENTS;

BLOCKAGE; GAS EJECTION; SEABED MAPPING; STEADY-STATE EMISSIONS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CARBON FLUX; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144318799     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1091-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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