Authigenic sulfide minerals and their sulfur isotopes in sediments of the northern continental slope of the South China Sea and their implications for methane flux and gas hydrate formation

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-407

  Pu, XiaoQiang ^a,b,c   Zhong, ShaoJun ^a   Yu, WenQuan ^a   Tao, XiaoWan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; Authigenic pyrite; Gas hydrate; Methane; South China Sea; Sulfur isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847313688     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0043-1     Document Type: Article

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