The biogeochemical cycling of methane in Ria de Vigo, NW Spain: Sediment processing and sea-air exchange

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 258-271

  Kitidis, Vassilis ^a   Tizzard, Louise ^a   Uher, Günther ^a   Judd, Alan ^a   Upstill Goddard, Rob C ^a   Head, Ian M ^a   Gray, Neil D ^a   Taylor, Gillian ^a   Durán, Ruth ^b   Diez, Raquel ^b   Iglesias, Jorge ^b   García Gil, Soledad ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air water exchanges; Gas exchange; Gas fields; Gas seepages; Methane; R a de Vigo; Sediment water exchanges; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

AIR-WATER EXCHANGES; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS FIELDS; GAS SEEPAGES; SEDIMENT-WATER EXCHANGES;

METHANE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BUBBLE; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS FIELD; GAS SEEPAGE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METHANE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SURFACE WATER; WATER COLUMN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34247877795     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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