Radiometrie dating of submarine hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 568-579

  Aharon, Paul ^a   Schwarcz, Henry P ^b   Roberts, Harry H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC WATER; AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CARBON; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SALT TECTONICS; SEAWATER;

CARBONATE BUILD-UP; FOSSIL HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; LAST DEGLACIATION; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; RADIOCARBON DATES; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; U-SERIES ISOTOPES; GULF OF MEXICO; LATE PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DIAPIRISM; DOLOMITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; BATHYMODIOLUS; BIVALVE; GAS SEEPAGES; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MYTILID; QUATERNARY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SALT DIAPIR; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BATHYMODIOLUS SP.;

EID: 0030803280     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0568:RDOSHS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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