Methane in Red Sea brines

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3 -3 pt 1, 1998, Pages 363-379

  Faber, E ^a   Botz, R ^b   Poggenburg, J ^b   Schmidt, M ^b   Stoffers, P ^b   Hartmann, M ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Hydrocarbon gases; Oxidation; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL OXIDATION; RED SEA BRINES; THERMOGENETIC ORIGIN;

BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXIDATION; SALINE WATER;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

BRINE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0032413649     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00155-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (47)

1. Anschutz, P. and Blanc, G. (1996) Heat and salt fluxes in the Atlantis II deep (Red Sea). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 142, 147-159.
2. Backer, H. and Schoell, M. (1972) New deeps with brines and metalliferous sediments in the Red Sea. Nature Physical Science 240(103), 153-158.
3. Bäcker, H. and Richter, H. (1973) Die rezente Hydrothermal-sedimentäre Lagerstätte Atlantis-II-Tief im Roten Meer. Geologische Rundschau 62, 697-741.
4. Berner, U. and Faber, E. (1996) Empirical carbon isotope/ maturity-relationships for gases from algal kerogens and terrigenous organic matter, based on dry, open-system pyrolysis. Organic Geochemistry 24(10/11), 947-955.
5. Blanc, G. and Anschutz, P. (1995) New stratification in the hydrothermal brine system of the Atlantis II deep, Red Sea. Geology 23, 543-546.
6. Burke, R. A., Brooks, J. M. and Sackett, W. M. (1981) Light hydrocarbons in Red Sea brines and sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45, 627-634.
7. Coleman, D. D., Risatti, J. B. and Schoell, M. (1981) Fractionation of carbon and hydrogen isotopes by methane-oxidizing bacteria. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45, 1033-1037.
8. Danielsson, L. G., Dyrssen, D. and Grancli, A. (1980) Chemical investigations of Atlantis II and Discovery brines in the Red Sea, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 44, 2051-2065.
9. DeAngelis, M. A., Lilley, M. D., Olson, E. L. and Baross, J. A. (1993) Methane oxidation in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes of the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Deep Sea Research 40(6), 1169-1186.
10. Degens, E. T. and Ross, D. A. (Eds.) (1969) Hot Brine and Recent Heavy Metal Deposits in the Red Sea. Springer, New York, 600 pp.
11. Dumke, I., Faber, E. and Poggenburg, J. (1989) Determination of stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes of light hydrocarbons. Analytical Chemistry 61(19), 2149-2154.
12. 2 solubility in water and brine under reservoir conditions. Chemical Engineering Communications 90, 23-33.
13. Faber, E. (1987) Zur Isotopengeochemie gasförmiger Kohlenwasserstoffe. Erdöl, Erdgas and Kohle 103(5). 210-218.
14. Faber, E. and Botz, R. (1996) In Hydrothermal Methane in Red Sea Waters, ed. C. Hemleben, W. Roether and P. Stoffers. Meteor-Berichte 96-4, Hamburg, pp. 88-93.
15. Faber, E., Sohns, E., Poggenburg, J. and Gerling, P. (1993) Stable carbon isotopes on methane in nanoliter quantities. In 1st International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry (AIG-I), 29 August-3 September, Geiranger, Norway. Program and Abstracts, ed. G. Aberg and E. B. Jorgensen. ISSN J333-2039.
16. Faber, E., Gerling, P., Berner, U. and Sohns, E. (1994a) Methane in ocean waters: concentration and carbon isotope variability at East Pacific Rise and in the Arabian Sea. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 31, 139-144.
17. Faber, E., Gerling, P., Sohns, E. and Michaelis, W. (1994b) Hydrothermale Aktivitäten des EPR und der Methanhaushalt Geosphäre-Hydrosphäre-Atmosphäre. In Geowissenschaften und Umwelt, ed. J. Matschullat and G. Müller. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 221-224.
18. Faber, E., Berner, U., Gerling, P., Hollerbach, A., Stahl, W. J. and Schröder, H. G. (1996) Isotopic tracing of methane in water and exchange with the atmosphere. Energy Conversion and Management 37(6-8), 1193-1198.
19. Fuex, A. N. (1980) Experimental evidence against an appreciable isotopic fractionation of methane during migration. In Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1979. Proceedings of the 9th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, ed. A. G. Douglas and J. R. Maxwell. Pergamon Press, Oxfort and New York.
20. McGee, K. A., Susak, N. J., Sutton, A. J. and Haas, J. L. Jr. (1981) The solubility of methane in sodium chloride brines. Geol. Survey, Open File Report 81-1294, United States Department of the Interior.
21. Hartmann, M., Scholten, J. C., Stoffers, P. and Wehner, F. (1998a) Hydrographic structure of brine-filled deeps in the Red Sea: new results from the Shaban, Kebrit, Atlantis II and Discovery deep. Marine Geology 144, 311-330.
22. Hartmann, M., Scholten, J. C. and Stoffers, P. (1998b) Hydrographic structure of brine-tilled deeps in the Red Sea: correction of Atlantis II deep temperatures. Marine Geology 144, 331-332.
23. Hunt, J. M. (1979) Petroleum Geochemistry and Geology. W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 617 pp.
24. Kiyosu, Y. and Krouse, H. R. (1989) Carbon isotope effect during abiogenic oxidation of methane. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 95, 302-306.
25. 2. Journal of Geophysical Research 97, 20335-20343.
26. Manheim, F. T. (1974) Red Sea geochemistry. Init. Rep. DSDP 23, 975-998.
27. Merritt, D. A. (1993) Continous and high precise analysis of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in gas chromatographic effluents. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington.
28. Michaelis, W., Jenisch, A. and Richnow, H. H. (1990) Hydrothermal petroleum generation in Red Sea sediments from the Kebrit and Shaban deeps. Applied Geochemistry 5, 103-114.
29. Miller, A. R., Densmorc, C. D., Degens, E. T., Hathaway, J. C., Manheim, F. T., McFarlin, P. F., Pocklington, R. and Jokela, A. (1966) Hot brines and recent iron deposits in deeps of the Red Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 26, 1029-1043.
30. Pautot, G. P., Guennoc, P., Coutelle, A. and Lyberis, N. (1984) Discovery of a large brine deep in the northern Red Sea. Nature 310, 133-135.
31. Rooney, M. A. (1995) Carbon isotope ratios of light hydrocarbons as indicators of thermochemical sulfate reduction. In 17th Intern. Meeting on Organic Geochemistry 4th-8th September, Donostia-San Sebastian. AIGOA, pp. 523-525.
32. Ross, D. A. (1972) Red Sea hot brine area revisited, Science 175, 1455-1456.
33. Schmitt, M., Faber, E., Botz, R. and Stoffers, P. (1991) Extraction of methane from seawater using ultrasonic vacuum degassing. Analytical Chemistry 63(5), 529-532.
34. Schoell, M. (1980) The hydrogen and carbon isotopic composition of methane from natural gases of various origins. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 44, 649-661.
35. Schoell, M. (1988) Multiple origins of methane in the earth. Chemical Geology 71, 1-10.
36. Shanks. W. C. III and Bischoff, J. L. (1977) Ore tranport and deposition in the Red Sea geothermal system: a geochemical model. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 41, 1507-1519.
37. Simoneit, B. R. T., Grimait, J. O., Hayes, J. M. and Hartman, H. (1987) Low temperature hydrothermal maturation of organic matter in sediments from the Atlantis II deep. Red Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51, 879-894.
38. Stevens, C. M. and Engelkemeir, A. (1988) Stable carbon isotopic composition of methane from some natural and anthropogenic sources. Journal of Geophysical Research 93(D1), 725-733.
39. Tyler, C. S. (1986) Stable carbon isotope ratios in atmospheric methane. Journal of Geophysical Research 91(D12), 13232-13238.
40. Welhan, J. A. (1988) Origins of methane in hydrothermal systems. In Origins of Methane in the Earth. Chemical Geology 71, ed. M. Schoell, pp. 183-198.
41. Whiticar, M. J. (1990) A geochemical perspective of natural gas and atmospheric methane. Organic Geochemitry 16(1-3). 531-547.
42. Whiticar, M. J. and Faber, E. (1986) Methane oxidation in sediment and water column environments: isotope evidence. In Advances in Organic Geochemistry. Organic Geochemistry 10, ed. D. Leythaeuser and J. Rullkötter. Pergamon, Oxford, pp. 759-768.
43. 2 reduction vs acetate fermentation: isotopic evidence. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 50, 693-709.
44. Wiesenburg, D. A. and Guinasso, N. L. Jr. (1979) Equilibrium solubilities of methane, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen in water and sea water. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data 24, 356-360.
45. Yarnamoto, S., Alcauskas, J. B. and Crozier, T. E. (1976) Solubility of methane in distilled water and seawater. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data 21, 78-80.
46. Young, R. A. and Ross, D. A. (1974) Volcanic and sedimentary processes in the Red Sea axial trough. Deep-Sea Research 21, 289-297.
47. Zierenberg, R. A. and Shanks, W. C. III (1988) Isotopic studies of epigenetic features in metalliferous sediments. Atlantis II deep, Red Sea. Canadian Mineralogist 26, 737-753.