Insights into C and H storage in the altered oceanic crust: Results from ODP/IODP Hole 1256D

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2237-2255

  Shilobreeva, S ^a,b   Martinez, I ^a   Busigny, V ^a   Agrinier, P ^a   Laverne, C ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGASSING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROUS MINERAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79953165310     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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