Mineralogical and stable isotopic characterization of authigenic carbonate from a hydrocarbon seep site, Gulf of Mexico slope: Possible relation to crude oil degradation

Marine Geology

Volumn 281, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Mansour, Ahmed S ^a   Sassen, Roger ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbon seepage; Mineralogy; Oil degradation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ARAGONITE CRYSTALS; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BIVALVE SHELLS; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRO-CARBON GAS; HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; ISOBUTANES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATRIX; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; OIL COATINGS; OIL DEGRADATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC; PORE WATERS; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERFACES; SINGLE SOURCE; SMALL NODULES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMOGENIC GAS HYDRATES; THERMOGENIC HYDROCARBONS; WATER DEPTH; XRD ANALYSIS;

ASSOCIATED GAS; BIODEGRADATION; BUTANE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; CRUDE OIL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITS; ETHANE; FLUIDS; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PROPANE; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; WATER;

CARBONATION;

ARAGONITE; AUTHIGENESIS; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CEMENT; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIMESTONE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATWATER VALLEY; GULF OF MEXICO;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 79952814225     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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