Chlorine stable isotope ratios as tracer for pore-water advection rates in a submarine gas-hydrate field: Implication for hydrate concentration

Geofluids

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Hesse, Richard ^a,d   Egenberg, P K ^b   Frape, S K ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorine stable isotopes; Gas hydrates; Hydrate concentration; Pore water advection

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; GAS HYDRATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 33645053767     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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