Sedimentary fabrics in the authigenic carbonates from Bush Hill: Implication for seabed fluid flow and its dynamic signature

Geofluids

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-310

  Feng, D ^a,c   Chen, Duofu ^a   Roberts, H H ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bush Hill; Fluid flow; Gulf of Mexico; Microbe; Redox condition; Sedimentary fabrics; Seep carbonate

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COLD SEEP; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLUID FLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 57049176015     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2008.00231.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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