Diagenetic formation of greigite and pyrrhotite in gas hydrate marine sedimentary systems

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 350-366

  Larrasoaña, Juan C ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^b   Musgrave, Robert J ^c   Gràcia, Eulàlia ^d   Piñero, Elena ^d   Vega, Marta ^c   Martínez Ruiz, Francisca ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anaerobic oxidation of methane; diagenesis; gas hydrate; greigite; iron sulphide; marine sediments; methane; mineral magnetism; pyrrhotite; siderite; sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MINERAL MAGNETISM; SULPHATE REDUCTION;

GAS HYDRATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMAGNETISM; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS;

MINERALOGY;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS HYDRATE; GREIGITE; IRON SULFIDE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PYRRHOTITE; SIDERITE;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548475090     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.032     Document Type: Article

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