Variations of methane induced pyrite formation in the accretionary wedge sediments offshore southwestern Taiwan

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1829-1837

  Lim, Yee Cheng ^a   Lin, Saulwood ^a   Yang, Tsanyao Frank ^b   Chen, Yue Gau ^b   Liu, Char Shine ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic methane oxidation; Gas hydrate; Methane; Pyrite; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; ACCRETIONARY WEDGE SEDIMENTS; ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATIONS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; DIAGENETICS; DISSOLVED IRON; DISSOLVED SULFIDE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH-CONTENT; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE VENTING; PISTON CORES; PORE WATERS; PYRITE CONCENTRATION; PYRITE FORMATION; SEA FLOOR; STUDY SITES; SULFATE REDUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DISSOLUTION; HYDRATION; IRON; IRON OXIDES; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS HYDRATE; IRON OXIDE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; OXIDATION; POREWATER; PYRITE; SEAFLOOR; SULFATE; SULFIDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VENTING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 82455162569     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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