Sources of methane inferred from pore-water δ13C of dissolved inorganic carbon in Pockmark G11, offshore Mid-Norway

Chemical Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 127-138

  Chen, Yifeng ^a,b   Ussler, William ^c   Haflidason, Haflidi ^d   Lepland, Aivo ^b   Rise, Leif ^b   Hovland, Martin ^e   Hjelstuen, Berit O ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

13CDIC of pore water; Episodic methane fluxes; Microbial methane; Pockmark G11; Recycling of fossil methane hydrate; V ring Plateau

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GAS HYDRATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON SEEP; METHANE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POCKMARK; POREWATER; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; STOREGGA SLIDE; VORING PLATEAU;

EID: 77954540851     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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