Escape of methane gas from the seabed along the West Spitsbergen continental margin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Westbrook, Graham K ^a   Thatcher, Kate E ^a   Rohling, Eelco J ^b   Piotrowski, Alexander M ^c   Pälike, Heiko ^b   Osborne, Anne H ^d   Nisbet, Euan G ^e   Minshull, Tim A ^b   Lanoisellé, Mathias ^e   James, Rachael H ^b   Hühnerbach, Veit ^b   Green, Darryl ^b   Fisher, Rebecca E ^e   Crocker, Anya J ^b   Chabert, Anne ^b   Bolton, Clara ^b   Beszczynska Möller, Agnieszka ^f   Berndt, Christian ^b,g   Aquilina, Alfred ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; METHANE; OCEAN CURRENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPTH RANGE; GAS BUBBLE; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; MEDIANE; METHANE GAS; SEA SURFACES; SPITSBERGEN; UPPER LIMITS; WEST SPITSBERGEN CURRENTS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; SEAFLOOR; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; WEST SPITSBERGEN CURRENT;

EID: 70350017986     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039191     Document Type: Article

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