Chemistry, isotopic composition, and origin of a methane-hydrogen sulfide hydrate at the Cascadia subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 173-183

  Kastner, Miriam ^a   Kvenvolden, Keith A ^b   Lorenson, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia subduction zone; Gas hydrates; Hydrogen sulfide; Methane; Ocean Drilling Program; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE; HYDROGEN SULPHIDE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; ODP; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031817234     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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