Kinetics of convective crystal dissolution and melting, with applications to methane hydrate dissolution and dissociation in seawater

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 133-148

  Zhang, Youxue ^a   Xu, Zhengjiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal dissolution; Methane hydrate dissociation; Sherwood number

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CRYSTAL; DISSOLUTION; GAS HYDRATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; SEAWATER;

EID: 0043200958     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00297-8     Document Type: Article

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