A study of the chemistry of pore fluids and authigenic carbonates in methane seep environments: Kodiak Trench, Hydrate Ridge, Monterey Bay, and Eel River Basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 329-345

  Gieskes, Joris ^a   Mahn, Chris ^a   Day, Shelley ^b   Martin, Jonathan B ^b   Greinert, Jens ^c   Rathburn, Tony ^d   McAdoo, Brian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^d INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen isotopes in authigenic carbonates; Carbon isotopes in dissolved carbon dioxide; Correlation between pore water carbon isotopes and authigenic carbonates; Heavy 18O and 13C in dolomites; Pore water chemistry; Solid phase chemistry of carbonate rocks

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; COLD SEEP; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER;

CALIFORNIA; EEL BASIN; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 21844467991     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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