The physics of bubbles in surficial, soft, cohesive sediments

BP Boudreau - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reviews current understanding of the physics of bubbles in soft (unlithified),
cohesive sediments, certainly in the top 100 m from the sediment–water interface, but likely …

Biogenic methane in coastal unconsolidated sediment systems: A review

X Duan, P Yin, N Tsona, K Cao, Y **e, X He… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine sediments are the world's largest known reservoir of methane. In many coastal
regions, methane is trapped in sediments buried at depths ranging from centimeters to …

Size does matter: Importance of large bubbles and small-scale hot spots for methane transport

T DelSontro, DF McGinnis, B Wehrli… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ebullition (bubbling) is an important mechanism for the transfer of methane (CH4) from
shallow waters to the atmosphere. Because of their stochastic nature, however, ebullition …

Methane bubble growth and migration in aquatic sediments observed by X-ray μCT

L Liu, T De Kock, J Wilkinson, V Cnudde… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Methane bubble formation and transport is an important component of biogeochemical
carbon cycling in aquatic sediments. To improve understanding of how sediment …

Gas‐driven tensile fracturing in shallow marine sediments

H Daigle, A Cook, Y Fang, A Bihani… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The flow of gas through shallow marine sediments is an important component of the global
carbon cycle and affects methane release to the ocean and atmosphere as well as …

The role of sediment structure in gas bubble storage and release

L Liu, J Wilkinson, K Koca… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ebullition is an important pathway for methane emission from inland waters. However, the
mechanisms controlling methane bubble formation and release in aquatic sediments remain …

Methane gas dynamics in sediments of Lake Kinneret, Israel, and their controls: Insights from a multiannual acoustic investigation and correlation analysis

R Katsman, E Uzhansky, A Lunkov… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Methane (CH 4) is the simplest and most common hydrocarbon in nature. CH 4 gas content
is accommodated in discrete bubbles in shallow aquatic sediments. The bubble dynamics …

Mechanisms for upward migration of methane in marine sediments

H Liu, L Zhan, H Lu - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Methane, a non-negligible component of the global carbon budget, could be discharged
upward through marine sediments to ocean floor by certain migration mechanisms. Although …

Impact of an exceptional winter flood on benthic oxygen and nutrient fluxes in a temperate macrotidal estuary: Potential consequences on summer deoxygenation

V Hulot, E Metzger, A Thibault de Chanvalon… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite 20 years of control on eutrophication, episodes of summer hypoxia still occur in the
Loire estuary, impacting water quality and posing a key scientific and management …

Methane bubble growth in fine-grained muddy aquatic sediment: insight from modeling

R Katsman, I Ostrovsky, Y Makovsky - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Methane (CH 4) is the most abundant hydrocarbon and one of the most important
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. CH 4 bubble growth and migration within muddy …