Submarine seep of carbon dioxide in Norton Sound, Alaska
Science
By: K.A. Kvenvolden, K. Weliky, H. Nelson, and D.J. Des Marais
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Abstract
Earlier workers have described a submarine gas seep in Norton Sound having an unusual mixture of petroleum-like, low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons. Actually, only about 0.04 percent of the seeping gas is hydrocarbons and 98 percent is carbon dioxide. The isotopic compositions of carbon dioxide (??13CPDB = -2.7 per mil) and methane (??13CPDB = -36 per mil, where PDB is the Peedee belemnite standard) indicate that geothermal processes are active here. Copyright ?? 1979 AAAS.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Submarine seep of carbon dioxide in Norton Sound, Alaska |
| Series title | Science |
| Volume | 205 |
| Issue | 4412 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Science |
| First page | 1264 |
| Last page | 1266 |