Authigenic carbonate mounds from active methane seeps on the southern Aquitaine Shelf (Bay of Biscay, France): Evidence for anaerobic oxidation of biogenic methane and submarine groundwater discharge during formation

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• 作者：Catherine Pierre^a ; ^{catherine.pierre@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr} ; Jé ; rome Demange^a ; Marie-Madeleine Blanc-Valleron^b ; Sté ; phanie Dupré ; ^c
• 关键词：Aquitaine Shelf ; Methane-derived authigenic carbonates ; Oxygen isotopes ; Carbon isotopes ; Submarine groundwater discharge ; Anaerobic oxidation of methane ; Aerobic oxidation of methane
• 刊名：Continental Shelf Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：133
• 期：Complete
• 页码：13-25
• 全文大小：3052 K
• 卷排序：133

文摘

Authigenic carbonate crusts are related to methane seeps on the Aquitaine Shelf. Anaerobic oxidation of methane was responsible for carbonate cementation. Submarine groundwater discharge is mixed with seawater recharge at the shelf break.