U/Th-dating and post-depositional alteration of a cold seep carbonate chimney from the Campos Basin offshore Brazil

Marine Geology

Volumn 329-331, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-33

  Wirsig, Christian ^a   Kowsmann, Renato Oscar ^b   Miller, Dennis James ^b   de Oliveira Godoy, Jose Marcus ^c   Mangini, Augusto ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonate; Campos Basin; Cold seep; Diagenesis; Isochrone; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CAMPOS BASIN; COLD SEEPS; DIAGENESIS; ISOCHRONES;

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; HYDROCARBONS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM;

CHIMNEYS;

AUTHIGENESIS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLD SEEP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETRITUS; DOLOMITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; THORIUM; URANIUM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN;

EID: 84870055188     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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