Authigenic gypsum found in gas hydrate-associated sediments from Hydrate Ridge, the eastern North Pacific

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 280-288

  Wang, Jiasheng ^a,b   Suess, Erwin ^b   Rickert, Dirk ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authigenic gypsum; Eastern North Pacific; Gas hydrate associated sediment; Hydrate Ridge

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GAS HYDRATES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GYPSUM; MICROSCOPES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BINOCULAR MICROSCOPES; GRANULAR MASS; MARINE REGIONS;

SEDIMENTS;

AUTHIGENESIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS HYDRATE; GYPSUM; MARINE SEDIMENT;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2942550406     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02YD0069     Document Type: Article

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