Depressurization experiment of pressure cores from the central ulleung basin, east sea: Insights into gas chemistry

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-95

  Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Torres, Marta E ^b   Lee, Joo Yong ^a   Hong, Wei Li ^b   Holland, Melanie ^c   Park, Myong Ho ^d   Choi, Jiyoung ^a   Kim, Gil Young ^a  

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

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOTEK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d Korea National Oil Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GAS HYDRATE SATURATIONS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION FACTORS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL SOURCES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTIONATION; GASES; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; METHANE;

GAS HYDRATES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGASSING; DRILLING; GAS FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEDIMENT CORE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 84882704490     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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