Elevated methane levels in the Bío Bío Canyon of central Chile reveal offshore transport of organic carbon

Scott Wieman1,2, Sarah Youngs3, Spencer Marquardt3, Jordan Remar4, Jason Kapit4, Praxedes Muñoz5, Jeffrey J Marlow6 and Anna Michel3, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, United States, (5)Universidad Católica del Norte, Departamento de Biología Marina, Coquimbo, Chile, (6)Boston University, Boston, United States