Effects of turbidity flows on organic matter accumulation, sulfate reduction, and methane generation in deep-sea sediments on the Iberia Abyssal Plain

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 69-78

  Meyers, Philip A ^a   Silliman, James E ^a   Shaw, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

bulk 13C values; C N ratios; Iberia abyssal plain; interstitial sulfate; methanogenesis; organic matter preservation; Rock Eval hydrogen indices; turbidites

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ABYSSAL PLAINS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS; METHANOGENESIS; ORGANIC MATTER; SULPHATE; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

ATLANTIC, IBERIA ABYSSAL PLAIN;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; METHANOGENS; PARAFFIN SEDIMENTATION;

ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVATION; ROCK EVAL HYDROGEN INDICES; TURBIDITIES;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 0030395155     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00106-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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