Patterns of carbonate authigenesis at the Kouilou pockmarks on the Congo deep-sea fan

Marine Geology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 129-136

  Haas, Antonie ^a   Peckmann, Jörn ^a   Elvert, Marcus ^a   Sahling, Heiko ^a   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomarkers; carbonates; Congo fan; gas hydrates; methane seeps; pockmarks; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

2-GROUP; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; CARBON SOURCE; CARBONATE AGGREGATES; CARBONATE CONTENT; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CONGO FAN; DEEP SEA FAN; METHANE SEEP; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; POCKMARKS; PORE WATERS; SEA FLOOR; SEEP CARBONATES; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER DEPTH;

ABSTRACTING; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

ARAGONITE; AUTHIGENESIS; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; BURROW; CARBONATE; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; METHANE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYLOGENETICS; POCKMARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBMARINE FAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONGO FAN;

ARCHAEA; BIVALVIA; GORGONACEA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 72649094711     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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