Barite and barium in sediments and coral skeletons around the hydrocarbon exploration drilling site in the Træna Deep, Norwegian Sea

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-129

  Lepland, Aivo ^a   Mortensen, Pål Buhl ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barite; Barium; Drilling mud; Lophelia petrusa; Norway; Tr ne Deep

Indexed keywords

BARITE; BARIUM; BORING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DRILLING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROCARBONS; LANDFORMS; LEAD; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL DRILLING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POWDERS; REEFS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WELL DRILLING;

BARIUM CONCENTRATIONS; BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CONSISTENT; CORAL REEFS; CORAL SKELETONS; CURRENT DIRECTIONS; DRILLING ACTIVITIES; DRILLING MUD; DRILLING MUDS; DRILLING WASTES; ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS; EXPLORATION DRILLINGS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS; GRAINED SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATIONS; LOPHELIA PETRUSA; NORWAY; SEDIMENT CORES; SEDIMENT DISCHARGES; SEDIMENT SUPPLIES;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

BARITE; BARIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; DISPERSION; DRILLING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; POLYP; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA;

EID: 54049105373     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1145-4     Document Type: Article

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