First measurements of methane and its carbon isotope ratio in the Japan Sea (East Sea)

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 128-129, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-99

  Gamo, Toshitaka ^a   Tsunogai, Urumu ^b   Hirota, Akinari ^b   Nakayama, Noriko ^a   Kang, Dong Jin ^c   Kim, Kyung Ryul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope ratio; Chemical tracers; Dissolved methane; Japan Sea; Microbial CH 4 production and consumption

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84855857185     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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