Salt formation associated with sub-surface boiling and supercritical water

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 855-869

  Hovland, M ^a   Rueslatten H G ^b   Johnsen, H K ^a   Kvamme, B ^c   Kuznetsova, T ^c  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Numerical Rocks AS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantis II Deep; Lake Asale; Salt precipitation; Sub surface boiling; Supercritical out salting

Indexed keywords

LAKE ASALE; MOLECULAR MODELLING; SALT PRECIPITATION; SUB-SURFACE BOILING;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEAWATER; SOLUBILITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

SALT DEPOSITS;

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEA SALT; SEAWATER; TECTONIC SETTING; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; ATLANTIS II DEEP; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LAKE ASALE; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750492622     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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