Modeling of methane bubbles released from large sea-floor area: Condition required for methane emission to the atmosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 590-598

  Yamamoto, A ^a   Yamanaka, Y ^a,b   Tajika, E ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

bubble dissolution modeling; gas hydrate; global warming; methane; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE DISSOLUTION MODELING; DECOMPOSITION OF METHANE; FREE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MASSIVE QUANTITIES; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE HYDRATES; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; VOLCANIC OUTGASSING; WATER COLUMNS;

DISSOLUTION; FLOORS; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDRATION; METHANATION; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GAS HYDRATES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUBBLE; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; GAS HYDRATE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; SATURATION; SEAWATER; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 67650555914     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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