Seasonal total methane depletion in limestone caves

Abstract Methane concentration in caves is commonly much lower than the external atmosphere, yet the cave CH4 depletion causal mechanism is contested and dynamic links to external diurnal and seasonal temperature cycles unknown. Here, we report a continuous 3-year record of cave methane and other tr...

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Main Authors: Chris L. Waring, Stuart I. Hankin, David W. T. Griffith, Michael A. Kertesz, Victoria Kobylski, Neil L. Wilson, Nicholas V. Coleman, Graham Kettlewell, Robert Zlot, Michael Bosse, Graham Bell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07769-6