Biogeochemical controls on authigenic carbonate formation at the Chapopote "asphalt volcano", Bay of Campeche

Chemical Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 390-402

  Naehr, Thomas H ^a   Birgel, Daniel ^b   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^b   MacDonald, Ian R ^a   Kasten, Sabine ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Asphalt; Authigenic carbonate; Biomarkers; Carbon isotopes; Hydrocarbon seeps

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; ASPHALT; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 68749097201     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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