Thermogenic gas hydrates and hydrocarbon gases in complex chemosynthetic communities, Gulf of Mexico continental slope

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 485-497

  Sassen, Roger ^a   Joye, Samantha ^b   Sweet, Stephen T ^a   Defreitas, Debra A ^a   Milkov, Alexei V ^a   MacDonald, Ian R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C and D of methane; Chemosynthetic communities; Gas hydrate; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BACTERIALLY MEDIATED PROCESSES; CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES; GAS HYDRATE; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRATE ASSOCIATED SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBON GASES; ISOTOPIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGENIC GAS HYDRATES;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEUTERIUM; HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

NATURAL GAS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROTHERMAL VENT;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032784250     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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