Integrated petrographic and geochemical record of hydrocarbon seepage on the Vøring Plateau

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 815-827

  Mazzini, Adriano ^a,b   Aloisi, G ^c   Akhmanov, G G ^d   Parnell, J ^a   Cronin, B T ^a   Murphy, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authigenic minerals; Carbonate; Cold seeps; Methane; V ring Plateau

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON SEEP;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; VORING PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 24644524726     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-133     Document Type: Article

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