Modification of sediment geochemistry by the hydrocarbon seep tubeworm Lamellibrachia luymesi: A combined empirical and modeling approach

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2298-2315

  Dattagupta, Sharmishtha ^a   Arthur, Michael A ^a   Fisher, Charles R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MODELING; OXIDATION; POREWATER; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFIDE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

LAMELLIBRACHIA LUYMESI; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 42149106151     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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