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Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-809-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-809-2025
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
Research article
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15 Feb 2025
Research article |  | 15 Feb 2025

Interferences caused by the biogeochemical methane cycle in peats during the assessment of abandoned oil wells

Sebastian F. A. Jordan, Stefan Schloemer, Martin Krüger, Tanja Heffner, Marcus A. Horn, and Martin Blumenberg

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Using a multilayer approach, we studied the methane flux, soil gas composition, and isotopic signatures of soil methane and carbon dioxide at eight cut and buried abandoned oil wells in a peat-rich area of northern Germany. The detected methane emissions were of biogenic, peat origin and were not associated with the abandoned wells. Additional microbial analysis and methane oxidation rate measurements demonstrated a high methane emission mitigation potential in the studied peat soils.
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