Release of gas bubbles from lake sediment traced by noble gas isotopes in the sediment pore water

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-44

  Brennwald, Matthias S ^a   Kipfer, Rolf ^a,b   Imboden, Dieter M ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Ebullition; Lake sediment; Methane; Pore water; Soppensee

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC GASES; EBULLITION; NOBLE GAS DEPLETION; SEDIMENT PORE WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

GAS EMISSIONS;

BUBBLE; GAS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

EID: 20544464830     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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