Quantifying in-situ gas hydrates at active seep sites in the eastern Black Sea using pressure coring technique

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3555-3565

  Heeschen, K U ^a,d   Haeckel, M ^b   Klaucke, I ^b   Ivanov, M K ^c   Bohrmann, G ^a  

^a DFG Research Center Ocean Margins   (Germany)

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

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHLORIDE; GAS HYDRATE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATURATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 83155167619     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-3555-2011     Document Type: Article

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