Fluid flow, methane fluxes, carbonate precipitation and biogeochemical turnover in gas hydrate-bearing sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin: Numerical modeling and mass balances

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3403-3421

  Luff, Roger ^a   Wallmann, Klaus ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COLD SEEP; GAS HYDRATE; MASS BALANCE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CASCADIA MARGIN; HYDRATE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142218783     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00127-3     Document Type: Article

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