Distribution of methane in the water column of the Baltic Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Schmale, O ^a   Schneider Von Deimling, J ^a   Gulzow W ^a   Nausch, G ^a   Waniek, J J ^a   Rehder, G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC EQUILIBRIUM; BALTIC SEA; DEEP BASIN; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DISSOLVED METHANE; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; REDOXCLINE; SATURATION VALUES; SEA FLOOR; STRONG CORRELATION; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH;

DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANATION; METHANE; OXYGEN;

SURFACE WATERS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; SEAFLOOR; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 77954389459     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043115     Document Type: Article

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