Interstitial waters of recent marine muds off Cape Cod
Siever R, Garrels RM, Kanwisher JW, Berner RA. 1961. Interstitial waters of recent marine muds off Cape Cod. Science. 134(3485):1071-1072
Interstitial waters of Recent muds off Cape cod have salinities higher than the present ocean water in the same location and pH values lower than normal sea water in equilibrium with the atmopshere. The salinities may be either "paleosalinities" or an effect produced by behaviro of teh clay-water system as a semipermeable membrane. The low pH values are due to higher pressures of CO2 in the sediment, probably coming from bacterial decomposition of organic matter.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Siever, Raymond; Garrels, Robert; Kanwisher, John; Berner, Robert
- Units
- CACO
- Keywords
- Cape Cod, Geochemistry, Geology, interstitial in Recent mud, Massachusetts, Ocean water, Recent marine mud, Salinity, salinity of interstitial water, Sediments, Submarine geology