Rare earth elements in authigenic methane-seep carbonates as tracers for fluid composition during early diagenesis

Chemical Geology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 126-136

  Himmler, T ^a   Bach, W ^a   Bohrmann, G ^a   Peckmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonates; Diagenesis; Makran; Rare earth elements; Seeps

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; AUTHIGENIC; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON SOURCE; DIAGENESIS; EARLY DIAGENESIS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FLUID COMPOSITION; GROWTH STAGES; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; HIGH-CONTENT; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; MAKRAN; MICRO-DRILLING; PORE FLUIDS; PORE WATERS; REE PATTERN; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEEP CARBONATES; SEEPS;

ABLATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FLUIDS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; PRISMS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER; YTTRIUM;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

ARAGONITE; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGENESIS; FLUID COMPOSITION; GAS SEEPAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PARAGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACER;

MAKRAN;

EID: 77956614743     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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