Seepage of methane at Jaco Scar, a slide caused by seamount subduction offshore Costa Rica

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1801-1815

  Mau, Susan ^a,c   Rehder, Gregor ^a,d   Sahling, Heiko ^a,e   Schleicher, Tina ^a,f   Linke, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold seeps; Costa Rican fore arc; Methane; Seamount subduction; Stable carbon isotopes; Submarine slide

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COLD SEEP; FOREARC BASIN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; SEAMOUNT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEEPAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84908594394     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-012-0822-z     Document Type: Article

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