Pore-water geochemistry of two contrasting brine-charged seep sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Hu, Xinping ^a   Cai, Wei Jun ^a   Wang, Yongchen ^a   Luo, Shangde ^b   Guo, Xianghui ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brines; Gulf of Mexico; Inorganic carbon; Pore water; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; POREWATER; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 76049092748     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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