Melting and nucleation behaviour of clathrates in multivolatile fluid inclusions: Evidence of thermodynamic disequilibrium

Chemical Geology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-20

  Murphy, P J ^a,b   Roberts, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aqueo carbonic fluid inclusions; Clathrates; Disequilibrium; Laser raman; Microthermometry; Nucleation; Stability

Indexed keywords

CLATHRATE; DISEQUILIBRIUM; FLUID INCLUSION; GAS HYDRATE; NUCLEATION;

EID: 0030789017     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00101-5     Document Type: Article

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