Controls on methane bubble dissolution inside and outside the hydrate stability field from open ocean field experiments and numerical modeling

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-30

  Rehder, Gregor ^a   Leifer, Ira ^b   Brewer, Peter G ^c   Friederich, Gernot ^c   Peltzer, Edward T ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN OCEAN; SEAFLOOR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 67349198600     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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