Compositional changes in natural gas bubble plumes: Observations from the coal oil Point marine hydrocarbon seep field

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Clark, Jordan F ^a   Leifer, Ira ^b   Washburn, Libe ^a   Luyendyk, Bruce P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL GAS;

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL;

EID: 3242890292     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0137-y     Document Type: Article

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