Mud volcanoes and microseepage: The forgotten geophysical components of atmospheric methane budget

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Etiope, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Greenhouse gas; Lithosphere degassing; Methane; Mud volcanoes

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; SEEPAGE;

EID: 20844444765     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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