Atmospheric methane flux from bubbling seeps: Spatially extrapolated quantification from a Black Sea shelf area

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Greinert, Jens ^a,b   McGinnis, Daniel F ^c   Naudts, Lieven ^a   Linke, Peter ^c   De Batist, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACKSCATTERING; EXTRAPOLATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METHANE;

AMBIENT PRESSURES; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; BACKSCATTER STRENGTH; BLACK SEA; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE TRANSPORT; DIRECT SAMPLING; DISSOLUTION MODEL; DISSOLVED METHANE; ECHO SOUNDERS; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL METHODS; METHANE FLUXES; MIXED LAYER; MULTI BEAM SYSTEMS; SEA FLOOR; SINGLE-BEAM; STUDY AREAS; WATER DEPTH;

DISSOLUTION;

BACKSCATTER; BUBBLE; METHANE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SAMPLING; SEAFLOOR; SHELF SEA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER DEPTH;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 76149088428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005381     Document Type: Article

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