Natural marine seepage blowout: Contribution to atmospheric methane

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Leifer, Ira ^a   Luyendyk, Bruce P ^a   Boles, Jim ^a   Clark, Jordan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRATES; METHANE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BLOWOUT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; SEAFLOOR; SIMULATION; UPWELLING;

EID: 34248576599     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GB002668     Document Type: Article

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