Origin of salt-enriched pore fluids in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 266-282

  Reitz, Anja ^a   Haeckel, Matthias ^a   Wallmann, Klaus ^a   Hensen, Christian ^a   Heeschen, Katja ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geochemistry; Gulf of Mexico; isotope geochemistry; phase separation; saline pore fluids; water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW MODEL; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; SALINE PORE FLUIDS; SALINITY; WATER/ROCK INTERACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; OXYGEN; PHASE SEPARATION; SALTS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; STRONTIUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DISSOLUTION; FLUID COMPOSITION; GAS HYDRATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MUD MOUND; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34250861556     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.037     Document Type: Article

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