Methane-related carbonates formed at submarine hydrothermal springs: A new setting for microbially-derived carbonates?

Marine Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 245-261

  Canet, Carles ^a   Prol Ledesma, Rosa María ^a   Melgarejo, Joan Carles ^b   Reyes, Agnes ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calcite; Carbon isotopes; Hydrothermal coastal vents; Methane; Mexico

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL VENTS;

BASALT; CALCITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTS;

SPRINGS (WATER);

CARBONATE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METHANE; MINERALIZATION;

EID: 1642388693     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00193-2     Document Type: Article

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