Preferential dissolution of carbonate shells driven by petroleum seep activity in the Gulf of Mexico

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 227-243

  Cai, Wei Jun ^a   Chen, Feizhou ^a   Powell, Eric N ^b   Walker, Sally E ^a   Parsons Hubbard, Karla M ^c   Staff, George M ^d   Wang, Yongchen ^a   Ashton Alcox, Kathryn A ^b   Callender, W Russell ^e   Brett, Carlton E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

carbonate preservation dissolution; microelectrodes; petroleum seeps; porewater chemistry; taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRODES; PH;

CARBONATE PRESERVATION; CARBONATE SHELLS; MEXICO; PETROLEUM SEEPS; POREWATER CHEMISTRY; TAPHONOMY;

PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY;

BOTTOM WATER; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; POREWATER; TAPHONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 33746670712     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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