The imprint of methane seepage on the geochemical record and early diagenetic processes in cold-water coral mounds on Pen Duick Escarpment, Gulf of Cadiz

Marine Geology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 118-137

  Wehrmann, Laura M ^a,b   Templer, Stefanie P ^c   Brunner, Benjamin ^a   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^c   Maignien, Lois ^d   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbonate dissolution; Cold water coral mounds; Cold water corals; Gulf of Cadiz; Sulfate methane transition zone; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; CLOSE PROXIMITY; COLD-WATER CORALS; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; DIAGENETICS; DISSIMILATORY IRON REDUCTION; DISSOLVED IRON; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GULF OF CADIZ; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER MINERALIZATION; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT STRATA; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SOLID-PHASE; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFATE-METHANE TRANSITION ZONE; SULFATE-METHANE TRANSITIONS; SULFUR ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

METHANE;

CARBONATE; COLD WATER; CORAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; ESCARPMENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SEEPAGE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79953162334     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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