Geological setting as background for methane distribution in Holocene mud deposits, Århus Bay, Denmark

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 775-784

  Jensen, J B ^a   Bennike, O ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

rhus bay; Holocene stratigraphy; Hydro acoustics; Methane distribution; Sediments

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MAPPING METHOD; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MUD; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; THRESHOLD; TRANSGRESSION; WEICHSELIAN;

AARHUS BAY; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDTJYLLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 61849128876     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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