Gas hydrates in shallow deposits of the Amsterdam mud volcano, Anaximander Mountains, northeastern Mediterranean Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 187-206

  Pape, Thomas ^a   Kasten, Sabine ^b   Zabel, Matthias ^a   Bahr, André ^a,c   Abegg, Friedrich ^a,d   Hohnberg, Hans Jürgen ^a   Bohrmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSTERDAM; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; ANAXIMANDER MOUNTAINS; CO-EXISTENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE; DATA SETS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; GAS VENTING; GRAVITY CORE; HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYDRATE STRUCTURES; IN-SITU; ISOBUTANES; LIGHT HYDROCARBON; LOW SALINITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUD VOLCANOES; NEAR-SURFACE; OVERSATURATION; PORE VOLUME; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; SEA FLOOR; SULFATE REDUCTION; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; WATER DEPTH;

BARIUM; BUTANE; DEPOSITS; ETHANE; GASES; HYDRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METALLIC GLASS; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROPANE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANOES;

GAS HYDRATES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; GAS HYDRATE; HEAT FLUX; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; OXIDATION; POREWATER; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR; SUPERSATURATION; VENTING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHEAST);

EID: 77952959015     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-010-0197-8     Document Type: Article

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