Methane efflux from bubbles suspended in ice-covered lakes in Syowa Oasis, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Sasaki, Masafumi, Imura, Satoshi, Kudoh, Sakae, Yamanouchi, Takashi, Morimoto, Shinji, Hashida, Gen
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2009
• Subjects: Methane efflux; Syowa Oasis; East Antarctica; Antarctic; Oyako Ike; Skarvsnes; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/7557/files/JGR-#1+(KIT-R).pdf

This is the first estimation of methane efflux from bubbles in lake ice in Antarctica. Bubbles suspended in shallow ice in 20 lakes were observed as part of the operations of the 45th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition in ice-free rocky areas along the eastern coast of Lutzow-Holm Bay (Syowa Oas...