Measuring temporal variability in pore-fluid chemistry to assess gas hydrate stability: Development of a continuous pore-fluid array

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7368-7373

  Lapham, Laura L ^a,b   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^b   Martens, Christopher S ^a   Higley, Paul D ^c   Jannasch, Hans W ^d   Woolsey, J Robert ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Specialty Devices Inc   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; FLUIDS; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANATION; METHANE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHQUAKES; PROBES;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FLUID CHEMISTRY; GAS HYDRATE FORMATION; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE-BEARING SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPE RATIOS; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; MISSISSIPPI; OVERLYING WATER; PORE FLUIDS; SEA FLOORS; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; STABLE CARBON; TEMPORAL CHANGES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

GAS HYDRATES;

CHLORIDE; DEUTERIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METHANE; SULFATE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHQUAKE; FLUID COMPOSITION; HYDRATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POREWATER; SEAFLOOR; SEISMICITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL RECORD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

GASES; GEOGRAPHY; IONS; METHANE; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI CANYON;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRATE FORMATION; HYDRATE STABILITIES; ISOTOPE RATIO; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; MISSISSIPPI CANYON; OVERLYING WATER; PORE FLUIDS; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC EVENT; STABLE CARBON; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

EID: 54749147150     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801195m     Document Type: Article

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