The effect of diagenesis and fluid migration on rare earth element distribution in pore fluids of the northern Cascadia accretionary margin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-165

  Kim, Ji Hoon ^a,b   Torres, Marta E ^b   Haley, Brian A ^b   Kastner, Miriam ^c   Pohlman, John W ^d   Riedel, Michael ^e   Lee, Young Joo ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascadia margin; Fluid migration; Organic matter; Pore water; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CHALLENGE; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BURIAL EFFICIENCY; CASCADIA; DEEP FLUIDS; DIAGENETICS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION; FLUID MIGRATION; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; HEAVY ELEMENTS; HIGH-QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PORE FLUIDS; PORE WATERS; REE PATTERN; RESIDENCE TIME; SIMULTANEOUS ENRICHMENT;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHLORINE; EUROPIUM; HOLMIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ALKALINITY; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUID FLOW; FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOFINO BASIN;

EID: 84855421867     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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