Quantification of seep-related methane gas emissions at Tommeliten, North Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 867-878

  Schneider von Deimling, J ^a   Rehder, G ^a   Greinert, J ^b   McGinnnis, D F ^c   Boetius, A ^d   Linke, P ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas bubbles; Gas seepage; Methane; North sea tommeliten

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAS SEEPAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGENATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEASONALITY; SURVEY; THERMOCLINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79953745447     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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