Gas hydrate distribution and carbon sequestration through coupled microbial methanogenesis and silicate weathering in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore India

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 233-253

  Solomon, Evan A ^a   Spivack, Arthur J ^b   Kastner, Miriam ^c   Torres, Marta E ^d   Robertson, Gretchen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Gas hydrate; Methanogenesis; Silicate weathering

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; METHANE; PH; SILICATES; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER; WEATHERING;

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GAS HYDRATE SATURATIONS; METHANOGENESIS; SILICATE WEATHERING; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ALKALINITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIAGENESIS; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METHANOGENESIS; POREWATER; SILICATE; SOLUTE; WEATHERING;

INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN;

EID: 84914144529     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.08.020     Document Type: Article

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