Microseepage in drylands: Flux and implications in the global atmospheric source/sink budget of methane

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Etiope, Giuseppe ^a,b   Klusman, Ronald W ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Drylands; Greenhouse gas; Methane flux; Microseepage; Petroleum; Soil sink

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; DATA SETS; DRY LAND; DRY SOIL; FIELD SURVEYS; GAS FIELDS; GAS MIGRATION; GLOBAL INVENTORIES; METHANE FLUX; MICROSEEPAGE; MUD VOLCANOES; OIL RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; UPSCALING; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; GAS INDUSTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; SOILS; VOLCANOES;

METHANE;

ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ZONE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MUD VOLCANO; NATURAL GAS; OIL FIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEEPAGE;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957275327     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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