Pore water sulfate, alkalinity, and carbon isotope profiles in shallow sediment above marine gas hydrate systems: A numerical modeling perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Chatterjee, Sayantan ^a   Dickens, Gerald R ^b,c   Bhatnagar, Gaurav ^a,d   Chapman, Walter G ^a   Dugan, Brandon ^b   Snyder, Glen T ^b   Hirasaki, George J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

EID: 80053000498     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008290     Document Type: Article

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