Turbulence-induced bubble nucleation in hydrothermal fluids beneath Yellowstone Lake

Corentin Caudron; Jean Vandemeulebrouck; Robert A. Sohn

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00417-6

Communications Earth & Environment (Apr 2022)

Turbulence-induced bubble nucleation in hydrothermal fluids beneath Yellowstone Lake

Corentin Caudron,
Jean Vandemeulebrouck,
Robert A. Sohn

Affiliations

Corentin Caudron: Laboratoire G-Time, Department of Geosciences, Environment and Society, Université libre de Bruxelles
Jean Vandemeulebrouck: ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR
Robert A. Sohn: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00417-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Small-scale pressure changes in lake sediments promote gas bubble nucleation in CO2-rich hydrothermal fluids, according to underwater acoustic monitoring techniques in Yellowstone Lake, USA.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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