Geochemical process of gas hydrate formation in the Nankai Trough based on chloride and isotopic anomalies in interstitial water

Resource Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Tomaru, Hitoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Ryo ^a   Lu, Hailong ^b   Uchida, Takashi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c JAPEX Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloride; Gas hydrates; Interstitial water; Isotopic composition; Nankai Trough

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; GAS HYDRATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POREWATER;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2942532204     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2004.tb00186.x     Document Type: Article

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