Iodine ages of pore waters at Hydrate Ridge (ODP Leg 204), Cascadia Margin: Implications for sources of methane in gas hydrates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 654-665

  Lu, Zunli ^a   Tomaru, Hitoshi ^a   Fehn, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

129I I ratios; gas hydrate; Hydrate Ridge; iodide; ODP Leg 204; pore water

Indexed keywords

BIOPHILIC ELEMENT; COSMOGENIC ISOTOPE; GAS HYDRATE FIELD;

GAS HYDRATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; IODINE; METHANE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE MARGIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS HYDRATE; IODIDE; IODINE; METHANE; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

CASCADIA MARGIN; HYDRATE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 39549107125     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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