Diagenetic formation of gypsum and dolomite in a cold-water coral mound in the Porcupine Seabight, off Ireland

Authigenic gypsum was found in a gravity core, retrieved from the top of Mound Perseverance, a giant cold-water coral mound in the Porcupine Basin, off Ireland. The occurrence of gypsum in such an environment is intriguing, because gypsum, a classic evaporitic mineral, is undersaturated with respect...

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Published in:Sedimentology
Main Authors: Pirlet, Hans, Wehrmann, Laura, Brunner, Benjamin, Frank, Norbert, Dewanckele, Jan, Van Rooij, David, Foubert, Anneleen, Swennen, Rudy, Naudts, Lieven, Boone, Matthieu, Cnudde, Veerle, Henriet, Jean
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
dolomite
Cold-water coral
early diagenesis
gypsum
Lophelia
Porcupine Seabight
sulphur isotopes
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC
AUTHIGENIC GYPSUM
CARBONATE MOUNDS
SULFIDE OXIDATION
MEDITERRANEAN-SEA
DEEP
SEDIMENTS
SULFATE
PYRITE
ISOTOPE
Perseverance
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/978200
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-978200
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01119.x
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/978200/file/978202

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