Comparison and implications from strikingly different authigenic carbonates in a Nyegga complex pockmark, G11, Norwegian Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 89-102

  Mazzini, Adriano ^a   Svensen, Henrik ^a   Hovland, Martin ^b   Planke, Sverre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c SurfExGeo   (Norway)

Author keywords

carbonates; gas hydrates; hydrocarbon seepage; pockmark; V ring Plateau

Indexed keywords

FLUID SEEPAGE; HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE; POCKMARKS;

CEMENTS; DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROORGANISMS; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CARBONATES;

ARAGONITE; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CARBONATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; POCKMARK;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 33748125163     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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