Response of the Black Sea methane budget to massive short-term submarine inputs of methane

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 911-918

  Schmale, O ^a   Haeckel, M ^b   McGinnis, D F ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GAS FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUD VOLCANO; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 79955035419     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-911-2011     Document Type: Article

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