Geochemical relation between gas hydrates and water venting in the seismic blanking zone on the northern Cascadia continental margin offshore Vancouver Island, Canada

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 40-47

  Tomaru, Hitoshi ^a,b   Matsumoto, Ryo ^b   Coffin, Richard B ^c   Pohlman, John W ^c,d   Spence, George D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascadia continental margin; Gas hydrate; Pore water; Water isotopic composition

Indexed keywords

CASCADIA CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PORE WATERS; SEISMIC BLANKING ZONE; WATER ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

DISSOCIATION; DISTILLATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEAWATER; SEISMOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATES;

CHLORIDE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEISMIC ZONE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CASCADIA MARGIN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 35348911341     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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