Atmospheric methane flux from bubbling seeps: Spatially extrapolated quantification from a Black Sea shelf area
In: Journal of geophysical research, Jg. 115 (2010), Heft C1
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[1] Bubble transport of methane from shallow seep sites in the Black Sea west of the Crimea Peninsula between 70 and 112 m water depth has been studied by extrapolation of results gained through different hydroacoustic methods and direct sampling. Ship-based hydroacoustic echo sounders can locate bubble releasing seep sites very precisely and facilitate their correlation with geological or other features at the seafloor. Here, the backscatter strength of a multibeam system was integrated with single-beam data to estimate the amount of seeps/m2 for different backscatter intensities, resulting in 2709 vents in total. Direct flux measurements by submersible revealed methane fluxes from individual vents of 0.32-0.85 1/min or 14.5-37.8 mmol/min at ambient pressure and temperature conditions. A conservative estimate of 30 mmol/min per site was used to estimate the flux into the water to be 1219-1355 mmol/s. The flux to the atmosphere was calculated by applying a bubble dissolution model taking release depth, temperature, gas composition, and bubble size spectra into account. The flux into the atmosphere (3930-4533 mol/d) or into the mixed layer (6186-6899 mol/d) from the 21.8 km large study area is three times higher than independently measured fluxes of dissolved methane for the same area using geochemical methods (1030-2495 mol/d). The amount of methane dissolving in the mixed layer is 2256-2366 mol/d. This close match shows that the hydroacoustic approach for extrapolating the number of seeps/m2 and the applied bubble dissolution model are suitable to extrapolate methane fluxes over larger areas.
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Atmospheric methane flux from bubbling seeps: Spatially extrapolated quantification from a Black Sea shelf area
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | GREINERT, Jens ; MCGINNIS, Daniel F ; NAUDTS, Lieven ; LINKE, Peter ; DE BATIST, Marc |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of geophysical research, Jg. 115 (2010), Heft C1 |
Veröffentlichung: | Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, 2010 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print, 1 p |
ISSN: | 0148-0227 (print) |
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