Fluid and chemical fluxes in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, I: Hydrological provinces

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 525-540

  Torres, M E ^a   McManus, J ^b   Hammond, D E ^c   De Angelis, M A ^d   Heeschen, K U ^e   Colbert, S L ^c   Tryon, M D ^f   Brown, K M ^f   Suess, E ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia subduction zone; Gas seeps; Hydrates; Methane

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; METHANE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037104075     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00733-1     Document Type: Article

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