Evidence for intense REE scavenging at cold seeps from the Niger Delta margin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 443-452

  Bayon, G ^a   Birot, D ^a   Ruffine, L ^a   Caprais, J C ^a   Ponzevera, E ^a   Bollinger, C ^b,c   Donval, J P ^a   Charlou, J L ^a   Voisset, M ^a   Grimaud, S ^d  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic fluxes; Cold seeps; Fe Mn oxyhydroxides; Neodymium isotopes; Rare earth elements; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; AUTHIGENIC; BENTHIC FLUXES; BOTTOM WATER; COLD SEEPS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPTH PROFILE; EXCHANGE PROCESS; FILTERED SAMPLES; GULF OF GUINEA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; NIGER DELTA; OPEN OCEAN; OVERLYING WATER; OXYHYDROXIDES; PARTICULATE PHASIS; PORE WATERS; REE PATTERN; REFERENCE SITES; SEA FLOOR; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SEDIMENT FRACTION; SEDIMENT PHASIS; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERACTION; SUB-SURFACES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS;

DISSOLUTION; FLUIDS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; METHANE; NEODYMIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLD SEEP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEODYMIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEEPAGE; VENTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 81355161050     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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