Modeling sulfate reduction in methane hydrate-bearing continental margin sediments: Does a sulfate-methane transition require anaerobic oxidation of methane?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Malinverno, A ^a   Pohlman, J W ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

anaerobic oxidation of methane; reaction transport modeling; sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; CARBON; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CASCADIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIAGENETICS; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FIELD DATA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METHANE FLUXES; MODELING RESULTS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PORE WATERS; REACTION-TRANSPORT MODELING; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFATE-METHANE TRANSITIONS; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; REACTION-TRANSPORT MODEL;

GAS HYDRATES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; METHANE; OXIDATION; POREWATER; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

EID: 79960280317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003501     Document Type: Article

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