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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6687-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6687-2015
Research article
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25 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 25 Nov 2015

Efficiency and adaptability of the benthic methane filter at Quepos Slide cold seeps, offshore of Costa Rica

P. Steeb, S. Krause, P. Linke, C. Hensen, A. W. Dale, M. Nuzzo, and T. Treude

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We combined field, laboratory (sediment-flow-through system) and numerical modeling work to investigate cold seep sediments at Quespos Slide, offshore of Costa Rica. The results demonstrated the efficiency of the benthic methane filter and provided an estimate for its response time (ca. 170 days) to changes in fluid fluxes.
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