Rare earth elements in cold seep carbonates from the Niger delta

Chemical Geology

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 196-206

  Rongemaille, E ^a   Bayon, G ^a   Pierre, C ^b   Bollinger, C ^c   Chu, N C ^a   Fouquet, Y ^a   Riboulot, V ^a   Voisset, M ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonates; Cold seeps; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BINARY ALLOYS; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE ALLOYS; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SEEPAGE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBONATE ALKALINITY; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COLD SEEPS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

CARBONATES;

ACETIC ACID; ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLD SEEP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FRACTIONATION; METHANE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 79959806549     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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