Pore-water sulfate concentration profiles of sediment cores from Krishna-Godavari and Goa basins, India

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-269

  Mazumdar, A ^a   Paropkari, A L ^a   Borole, D V ^a   Rao, B R ^a   Khadge, N H ^a   Karisiddaiah, S M ^a   Kocherla, M ^a   Joäo, Hilda M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; Goa; Krishna Godavari; Methane oxidation; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANOGENESIS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SULFATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548502002     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.259     Document Type: Article

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