Spatial variations in the salinity of pore waters in northern deep water Gulf of Mexico sediments: Implications for pathways and mechanisms of solute transport

Geofluids

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 83-93

  Hanor, Jeffrey S ^a   Mercer, J A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Methane hydrates; Porewater salinity; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP WATER; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROGEOLOGY; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREEN CANYON; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 77953813925     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2009.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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