Heavy carbon travertine related to methane generation: A case study of the Big Tarkhan cold spring, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 325, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-40

  Kokh, Svetlana N ^a   Shnyukov, Yevgeny F ^b   Sokol, Ella V ^a   Novikova, Sofya A ^a   Kozmenko, Olga A ^a   Semenova, Dina V ^a   Rybak, Elena N ^b  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Calcite; Crimea; Kerch peninsula; Methane generation; Mud volcanism; Travertine

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON; CHLORINE; FERMIUM; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE OXIDE; METHANATION; METHANE; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AMORPHOUS IRON; CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES; CRIMEA; ELEMENT SIGNATURES; KERCH PENINSULA; MUD VOLCANISM; THERMOGENIC METHANE; TRAVERTINE;

LIMESTONE;

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPRING WATER; TRAVERTINE; VOLCANISM;

CRIMEA; KERCH PENINSULA; UKRAINE;

TRONA;

EID: 84930959428     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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