Helium transport in sediment pore fluids of the Congo-Angola margin

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chaduteau, Carine ^a,b   Jean Baptiste, Philippe ^a   Fourré, Elise ^a   Charlou, Jean Luc ^b   Donval, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Helium; Pockmark; Pore fluids; Regab; Sediment; Zaire angola margin

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649101591     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001897     Document Type: Article

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