Spatial variation in fluid flow and geochemical fluxes across the sediment-seawater interface at the Carlos Ribeiro mud volcano (Gulf of Cadiz)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1124-1144

  Vanneste, Heleen ^a   Kelly Gerreyn, Boris A ^a   Connelly, Douglas P ^a   James, Rachael H ^a   Haeckel, Matthias ^b   Fisher, Rebecca E ^c   Heeschen, Katja ^a   Mills, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BORON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LITHIUM; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 78751704857     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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