The origin of cold-water authigenic carbonates from deep-water, muddy sediments in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea of Korea

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-34

  Nehza, Odette ^a,d   Woo, Kyung Sik ^b   Chun, Jong Hwa ^a   Bahk, Jang Jun ^a   Kim, Jin Kyung ^c   Hyun, Sangmin ^c  

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

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

authigenic carbonates; East Sea; gas hydrates; stable isotope; Ulleung Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863383191     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-012-0005-8     Document Type: Article

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