Release of multiple bubbles from cohesive sediments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Algar, Christopher K ^a   Boudreau, Bernard P ^b   Barry, Mark A ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BUBBLE GROWTH; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; MECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANISTIC MODELS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; RELEASE RATE; TIME-SCALES; WETLAND SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BUBBLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; OCEAN TIDE; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

CAPE LOOKOUT BIGHT; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955431170     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046870     Document Type: Article

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