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Authigenic Carbonate and Barite Mineralization in Sediments of the Deryugin Basin (Sea of Okhotsk)

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Results of the analysis of mineralogy, geochemistry, and isotope parameters (δ13C, δ34S, δ18O, and 87Sr/86Sr) of carbonates and barites from sediments of the Deryugin Basin in the Sea of Okhotsk are presented. The diagenetic nature of carbonates and barites, which are formed as a result of the prolonged activity of cold seeps acting along a fracture zone and supplying methane–and barium-saturated fluids, is determined. Any signs for hydrothermal activity were not observed.

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Derkachev, A.N., Bohrmann, G., Greinert, J. et al. Authigenic Carbonate and Barite Mineralization in Sediments of the Deryugin Basin (Sea of Okhotsk). Lithology and Mineral Resources 35, 504–508 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026641230166

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