Authigenic carbonates from the Darwin Mud Volcano, Gulf of Cadiz: A record of palaeo-seepage of hydrocarbon bearing fluids

Chemical Geology

Volumn 300-301, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-39

  Vanneste, Heleen ^a   Kastner, Miriam ^b   James, Rachael H ^a   Connelly, Douglas P ^a   Fisher, Rebecca E ^c   Kelly Gerreyn, Boris A ^a   Heeschen, Katja ^a,e   Haeckel, Matthias ^d   Mills, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonate; Fluid seepage; Gulf of Cadiz; Methane; Mud volcano

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CEMENT TYPE; FLUID FLUXES; GULF OF CADIZ; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; MUD VOLCANOES; OXIDATION OF METHANE; PORE FLUIDS; SEEPAGE VELOCITY; TRANSPORT-REACTION MODELS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY MINERALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SEEPAGE; VOLCANOES;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BRECCIA; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CEMENTATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MUD VOLCANO; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 84856794823     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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