Upward advection rates and methane fluxes, oxidation, and sources at two Gulf of Mexico brine seeps

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Lapham, Laura L ^a   Alperin, Marc ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey ^b   Martens, Chris ^a  

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

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic methane oxidation; Brine; Diagenetic model; Methane; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BRINE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLORIDE; DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; OXIDATION; POREWATER; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 55549085518     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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