Stable light isotope biogeochemistry of hydrothermal systems

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 202, 1996, Pages 83-98

  Des Marais, David J ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; MINERAL; OXIDE; OXYGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR; WATER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; HEAT; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SEDIMENT;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; DEUTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HEAT; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES; WATER;

EID: 0030325770     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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