Barium cycling in shallow sediment above active mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-30

  Castellini, D Grace ^a,b   Dickens, Gerald R ^a   Snyder, Glen T ^a   Ruppel, Carolyn D ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Barite; Carbonate nodule; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbons; Marine barium cycle; Methane; Mud volcano; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 31344481712     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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