Use of cosmogenic 129I to constrain numerical models of fluid flow in marine sediments: Application to the blake ridge hydrate province

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1343-1357

  Frederick, Jennifer M ^a   Buffett, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blake Ridge; cosmogenic iodine; fluid flow; gas hydrate; marine sediments; pore fluid age

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEPOSITS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; METHANE; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

BLAKE RIDGE; COMPACTION MODELS; COSMOGENIC; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NUMERICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; PORE FLUIDS; SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY; STEADY-STATE MODELS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; IODINE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE RIDGE;

EID: 84879877940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20059     Document Type: Article

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