Methane fluxes to the atmosphere from deepwater hydrocarbon seeps in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Lei ^a   Yvon Lewis, Shari A ^a   Kessler, John D ^a   MacDonald, Ian R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ETHANE; METHANATION; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROPANE; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER;

ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DEEPWATER; DEEPWATER HYDROCARBON; HIGH CONCENTRATION; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE FLUXES; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PARTS PER MILLIONS; SEA SURFACES; SURFACE SEAWATER; SURVEY AREA; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

GAS HYDRATES;

AIR MASS; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CRUISE REPORT; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; REMOTE SENSING; SEAFLOOR; SEEPAGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84856046274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007208     Document Type: Article

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