Glendonites and methane-derived Mg-calcites in the Sea of Okhotsk, Eastern Siberia: Implications of a venting-related ikaite/glendonite formation

Marine Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 129-144

  Greinert, J ^a   Derkachev, A ^b  

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

^b IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

C and O isotopes; Glendonite; Ikaite; Methane venting; Oxygen isotope fractionation of ikaite; Sea of Okhotsk

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; GEOLOGY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEAWATER;

BIOTURBATION TRACES; GLENDONITE AGGREGATES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CALCITE; COLD SEEP; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; PSEUDOMORPH; VENTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 1242322593     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00354-2     Document Type: Article

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