Calcium isotope fractionation and its controlling factors over authigenic carbonates in the cold seeps of the northern South China Sea

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1325-1332

  Wang, Shu Hong ^a   Yan, Wen ^a   Magalhães, H Vitor ^b   Chen, Zhong ^a   Pinheiro, M Luis ^b   Gussone, Nikolaus ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

authigenic carbonate; calcium isotope; cold seeps; gas hydrates; northern South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 84862801577     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-4990-9     Document Type: Article

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