Gas seepage in the Dnepr paleo-delta area (NW-Black Sea) and its regional impact on the water column methane cycle

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 90-100

  Schmale, O ^a   Beaubien, S E ^b   Rehder, G ^a   Greinert, J ^c   Lombardi, S ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anoxic basins; Black Sea; Carbon isotope ratio; Dnepr paleo delta area; Gas seepages; Marginal seas; Methane; Oxygen depletion

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC BASINS; BLACK SEA; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; GAS SEEPAGE; GAS SEEPAGES; MARGINAL SEAS; OXYGEN DEPLETION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON BLACK; ISOTOPES; METHANATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SEEPAGE; STRIPPING (DYES); SURFACE WATERS;

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS SEEPAGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARGINAL SEA; METHANE; SAMPLING; SHALLOW WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

BLACK SEA; DNIEPER BASIN;

EID: 73749087889     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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