Stable isotope geochemistry of pore waters and marine sediments from the New Jersey shelf: Methane formation and fluid origin

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-112

  van Geldern, Robert ^a   Hayashi, Takeshi ^b   Böttcher, Michael E ^c   Mottl, Michael J ^d   Barth, Johannes A C ^a   Stadler, Susanne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENESIS; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTWATER; METEORIC WATER; METHANE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PLEISTOCENE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW JERSEY SHELF;

EID: 84873487422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00859.1     Document Type: Article

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