Discovery of a natural CO2 seep in the German North Sea: Implications for shallow dissolved gas and seep detection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  McGinnis, Daniel F ^a   Schmidt, Mark ^a   Delsontro, Tonya ^b   Themann, Sren ^c   Rovelli, Lorenzo ^a   Reitz, Anja ^a   Linke, Peter ^a  

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

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE;

BUBBLE RELEASE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP WATER CONVECTION; DISSOLVED GAS; ELEVATED CO; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; NATURAL CARBONS; NATURAL CO; NATURAL LABORATORIES; NORTH SEA; PH VALUE; PLUME MODELING; POINT SOURCES; POTENTIAL FLUX; SALT DOMES; SEA FLOOR; SHALLOW SYSTEM; WATER COLUMNS;

PH;

ACIDIFICATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED GAS; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; WATER COLUMN;

EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; NORTH SEA COAST [GERMANY];

EID: 79952465766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006557     Document Type: Article

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