Methane-derived authigenic carbonates from the Ulleung basin sediments, East Sea of Korea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1588-1596

  Lim, Dhongil ^a   Choi, Jinyong ^b   Xu, Zhaokai ^b,c   Kim, Moonkoo ^a   Choi, Donglim ^a   Jung, Hoisoo ^a   Lee, Panmook ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonates; East Sea (Japan Sea); Gas hydrate; Methane seep environments

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CALCITE; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; GAS HYDRATE; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 67549128805     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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