Abiotic methane flux from the Chimaera seep and Tekirova ophiolites (Turkey): Understanding gas exhalation from low temperature serpentinization and implications for Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 96-104

  Etiope, Giuseppe ^a,b   Schoell, Martin ^c   Hosgörmez, Hakan ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c GasConsult International LLC   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abiotic methane; Mars; Ophiolites; Seepage; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC METHANE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FISCHER TROPSCH; GAS ACCUMULATION; GAS EQUIVALENT; GAS VENTS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HYDRATED SILICATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LONG LASTING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARS; METHANE FLUXES; MICROSEEPAGE; NEW ZEALAND; OPHIOLITES; PHILIPPINES; SERPENTINIZATION; SOURCE ROCKS; THERMOGENIC GAS; TYPE SYNTHESIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; METHANE; OLIVINE; PARAFFINS; SILICATES;

GASES;

ALKANE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARS; METHANE; OPHIOLITE; SEEPAGE; SERPENTINIZATION; SOURCE ROCK;

NEW ZEALAND; OMAN; PHILIPPINES; TURKEY;

PHYMATA;

EID: 80054087048     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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