Authigenic carbonates in upper miocene sediments of the tertiary piedmont basin (NW Italy): Vestiges of an ancient gas hydrate stability zone?

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 994-1010

  Pierre, Francesco Dela ^a,b   Martire, Luca ^a   Natalicchio, Marcello ^a   Clari, Pierangelo ^a   Petrea, Catalin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Institul de Speologic Emil Racovita   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CARBONATE CEMENT; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; HYDRATE STABILITIES; INTERNAL FEATURES; MESSINIAN; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MUDDY SEDIMENTS; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SLOPE DEPOSIT; UPPER MIOCENE;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBONATION; CEMENTS; DATA STRUCTURES; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HYDRATION; LANDFORMS; METHANE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

AUTHIGENESIS; BRECCIA; CARBONATE ROCK; DOLOMITE; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIOCENE; PIEDMONT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

ITALY; PIEDMONT BASIN;

LUCINA; SEPTARIA;

EID: 77954009948     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30026.1     Document Type: Article

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