Active and buried authigenic barite fronts in sediments from the Eastern Cape Basin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 876-887

  Riedinger, N ^a,c   Kasten, S ^a,d   Groger J ^a   Franke, C ^a,b   Pfeifer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM); Authigenic barite; Benguela upwelling system; Non steady state diagenesis; Whiterite (BaCO3)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; AUTHIGENIC BARITE; NON-STEADY STATE DIAGENESIS; WHITERITE;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS;

BARITE;

BARITE; DIAGENESIS;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 30844435938     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.032     Document Type: Article

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