Methane oxidation following submarine permafrost degradation: Measurements from a central Laptev Sea shelf borehole

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 965-978

  Overduin, Pier Paul ^a   Liebner, Susanne ^b   Knoblauch, Christian ^c   Günther, Frank ^a   Wetterich, Sebastian ^a   Schirrmeister, Lutz ^a   Hubberten, Hans Wolfgang ^a   Grigoriev, Mikhail N ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d MELNIKOV PERMAFROST INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

methane; Siberian shelf; submarine permafrost

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREHOLE; DEGRADATION; METHANE; OXIDATION; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BUOR-KHAYA GULF; LAPTEV SEA; SIBERIAN SHELF;

KHAYA;

EID: 85027929398     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002862     Document Type: Article

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