Compositional variability and air-sea flux of ethane and propane in the plume of a large, marine seep field near Coal Oil Point, CA

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 367-378

  Mau, Susan ^a,b   Heintz, Monica B ^a   Kinnaman, Franklin S ^a   Valentine, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; CALIFORNIA; COAL OIL POINTS; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; GAS BUBBLE; SHALLOW MARINE; SPATIAL SURVEY; STUDY AREAS;

DISSOLUTION; ETHANE; METHANE; PROPANE;

SURFACE WATERS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUBBLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHANE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; METHANE; PLUME; PROPANE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; COAL OIL POINT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952956508     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-010-0185-z     Document Type: Article

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