Nano-sized graphitic carbon in authigenic tube pyrites from offshore southwest Taiwan, South China Sea, and its implication for tracing gas hydrate

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2037-2043

  Zhang, Mei ^a   Sun, Xiao Ming ^a,b   Xu, Li ^a,b   Xu, Hui Fang ^c   Konishi, Hirom ^c   Lu, Yang ^a   Lu, Hong Feng ^d   Wu, Zhong Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

authigenic tube pyrite; gas hydrate; nano sized graphitic carbon; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959248510     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4527-7     Document Type: Article

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