New constraints on methane fluxes and rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in a Gulf of Mexico brine pool via in situ mass spectrometry

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 21-23, 2010, Pages 2022-2029

  Wankel, Scott D ^a   Joye, Samantha B ^b   Samarkin, Vladimir A ^b   Shah, Sunita R ^c   Friederich, Gernot ^d   Melas Kyriazi, John ^e   Girguis, Peter R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine pool; Gulf of Mexico; Mass spectrometer; Methane flux; Methane oxidation

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL FLUXES; DEEP SEA; DIFFUSIVE FLUX; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL MARINES; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE FLUX; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE OXIDATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POINT SOURCES; RATE MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; LAKES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANATION; OXIDATION;

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAGNITUDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; PERTURBATION; RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 78349307057     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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