Formation of carbonate concretions in surface sediments of two mud mounds, offshore Costa Rica: a stable isotope study

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1831-1844

  Mavromatis, Vasileios ^a,b   Botz, Reiner ^a   Schmidt, Mark ^a,c   Liebetrau, Volker ^a,c   Hensen, Christian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonates; Early diagenesis; Mud volcano fluids

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENESIS; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CALCITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MUD MOUND; MUD VOLCANO; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84908575978     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-012-0843-7     Document Type: Article

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