Indications of a link between seismotectonics and CH4 release from seeps off Costa Rica

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Mau, Susan ^a,b   Rehder, Gregor ^c,d   Arroyo, Ivonne G ^d   Gossler, Jürgen ^d   Suess, Erwin ^e  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Earthquake; Landslide; Methane seep; Mud extrusion; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548508891     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001326     Document Type: Article

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