Thermodynamic and pore water halogen constraints on gas hydrate distribution at ODP Site 997 (Blake Ridge)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 53-79

  Egeberg, Per K ^a   Dickens, Gerald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bromide; Chloride; Clathrate; Iodide; Methane

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; POREWATER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0007856605     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00152-1     Document Type: Article

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