Carbon geochemistry of cold seeps: Methane fluxes and transformation in sediments from Kazan mud volcano, eastern Mediterranean Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 361-375

  Haese, Ralf R ^a   Meile, Christof ^a   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^a   De Lange, Gert J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cold seeps; Gas hydrate; Methane; Model

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COLD SEEP; GAS HYDRATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0042244198     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00226-7     Document Type: Article

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