Dataset: Radiocarbon in methane from waters of the US Atlantic and Pacific margins as collected on R/V Hugh Sharp cruise HRS1713 and R/V Rachel Carson cruise RC0026 in 2017 and 2019

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.861576.1Version 1 (2021-09-27)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Principal Investigator: John D. Kessler (University of Rochester)

Scientist, Contact: DongJoo Joung (University of Rochester)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Constraining Global Coastal Ocean Methane Emissions to the Atmosphere (Coastal Methane Emissions)

Project: Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin (Gas Hydrate Methane)

Abstract

Water column distribution of radiocarbon (14C) and concentrations of dissolved methane (CH4) collected from US-Atlantic and US-Pacific Margins in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

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Data collection in 2017 was carried out under DOE Project Award DE-FE0028980:  Characterizing Ocean Acidification and Atmospheric Emission Caused by Methane Released from Gas Hydrate Systems along the US Atlantic Margin

Data collection in 2019 was carried out under NSF Project Award OCE-1851402.  Subsequent analyses and data compilation were also funded by this award: Constraining Global Coastal Ocean Methane Emissions to the Atmosphere 

 

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Joung, D., Kessler, J. D. (2020) Carbon isotopes (13C and 14C) and concentrations of dissolved methane (CH4) in surface waters sampled in June 2019 at the Coal Oil Point seep field of the Santa Barbara Basin. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2020-09-10 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.823720.1

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Results
Joung, D., Ruppel, C., Southon, J., & Kessler, J. D. (2021). Elevated levels of radiocarbon in methane dissolved in seawater reveal likely local contamination from nuclear powered vessels. Science of The Total Environment, 150456. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150456
General
Sparrow, K. J., Kessler, J. D., Southon, J. R., Garcia-Tigreros, F., Schreiner, K. M., Ruppel, C. D., Miller, J. B., Lehman, S. J., & Xu, X. (2018). Limited contribution of ancient methane to surface waters of the U.S. Beaufort Sea shelf. Science Advances, 4(1), eaao4842. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao4842
Methods
Joung, D., Leonte, M., & Kessler, J. D. (2019). Methane Sources in the Waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior as Revealed by Natural Radiocarbon Measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(10), 5436–5444. doi:10.1029/2019gl082531
Methods
Joung, D., Leonte, M., Valentine, D. L., Sparrow, K. J., Weber, T., & Kessler, J. D. (2020). Radiocarbon in Marine Methane Reveals Patchy Impact of Seeps on Surface Waters. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(20). doi:10.1029/2020gl089516
Methods
Leonte, M., Kessler, J. D., Kellermann, M. Y., Arrington, E. C., Valentine, D. L., & Sylva, S. P. (2017). Rapid rates of aerobic methane oxidation at the feather edge of gas hydrate stability in the waters of Hudson Canyon, US Atlantic Margin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 204, 375–387. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.009

Kessler, J. D., Joung, D. (2021) Radiocarbon in methane from waters of the US Atlantic and Pacific margins as collected on R/V Hugh Sharp cruise HRS1713 and R/V Rachel Carson cruise RC0026 in 2017 and 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2021-09-27 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.861576.1 [access date]

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