Biodegradation of hydrocarbons and biogeochemical sulfur cycling in the salt dome environment: Inferences from sulfur isotope and organic geochemical investigations of the Bahloul Formation at the Bou Grine Zn/Pb ore deposit, Tunisia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2833-2855

  Bechtel, A ^a   Shieh, Y N ^b   Pervaz, M ^c,d   Puttmann W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Hydrocarbon Devmt Inst of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON; MINERALIZATION; SALT DOME; SULPHUR;

TUNISIA, BOU GRINE;

EID: 0030482931     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00138-X     Document Type: Article

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