Quantification of gas bubble emissions from submarine hydrocarbon seeps at the Makran continental margin (offshore Pakistan)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Römer, Miriam ^a   Sahling, Heiko ^a   Pape, Thomas ^a   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^a   Spieß, Volkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VOLUME; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP OCEAN; ECHO SOUNDERS; GAS BUBBLE; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GAS SAMPLES; HYDROACOUSTIC SIGNALS; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; METHANE FLUXES; MICROBIAL ORIGINS; PAKISTAN; RISE VELOCITY; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; VOLUME FLUX; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GAS HYDRATES;

BUBBLE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ECHO SOUNDER; GAS FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; METHANE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VENTING; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER DEPTH;

MAKRAN;

EID: 84868031046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007424     Document Type: Article

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