Evidence for extensive methane venting on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margin

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 807-810

  Brothers, L L ^a   Van Dover, C L ^b   German, C R ^c   Kaiser, C L ^c   Yoerger, D R ^c   Ruppel, C D ^a   Lobecker, E ^d   Skarke, A D ^d   Wagner, J K S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUV); BLAKE RIDGE; METHANE VENTING; WATER COLUMNS;

GAS HYDRATES; METHANE;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DIAPIR; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METHANE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; VENTING; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE RIDGE;

EID: 84880255430     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34217.1     Document Type: Article

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