Authigenic carbonates from active methane seeps offshore southwest Africa

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 501-513

  Pierre, Catherine ^a   Blanc Valleron, Marie Madeleine ^b   Demange, Jérôme ^a   Boudouma, Omar ^a   Foucher, Jean Paul ^c   Pape, Thomas ^d   Himmler, Tobias ^d   Fekete, Noemi ^d   Spiess, Volkhard ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GASES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GYPSUM; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIA; METHANE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OXYGEN; PROCESS CONTROL; PYRITES; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; HYDRATE ACCUMULATIONS; HYDRATE DECOMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GAS HYDRATES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AUTHIGENESIS; CARBONATE; CONCRETION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLUTION; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POCKMARK; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE;

AFRICA;

PAPIO;

EID: 84869156560     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-012-0295-x     Document Type: Article

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