Excess barite accumulation during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Massive input of dissolved barium from seafloor gas hydrate reservoirs

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 369, Issue , 2003, Pages 11-23

  Dickens, Gerald R ^a   Fewless, Thomas ^a   Thomas, Ellen ^b   Bralower, Timothy J ^c,d  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CARBON; DISSOLUTION; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HYDRATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; GAS HYDRATE RESERVOIR; HYDROTHERMAL WATER; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

BARIUM;

BARITE; DISSOLVED MATTER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; METHANE; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 65649098837     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2369-8.11     Document Type: Article

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