Controls on the 129I/I ratio of deep-seated marine interstitial fluids: 'Old' organic versus fissiogenic 129-iodine

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 27-36

  Scholz, Florian ^a   Hensen, Christian ^a   Lu, Zunli ^b,c   Fehn, Udo ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

129I I ratios; Halogens; Mud volcano; Pore water; Sediment diagenesis; Spontaneous fission

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; ENDMEMBERS; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GULF OF CADIZ; IN-SITU; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; IODINE ISOTOPE; LITERATURE DATA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MUD VOLCANOES; NEARSHORES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT;

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; FLUIDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES; WATER;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BROMIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGENESIS; HALOGEN; IODIDE; IODINE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUD VOLCANO; POREWATER; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 77952290719     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.034     Document Type: Article

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