Deep sulfate reduction completely mediated by anaerobic methane oxidation in sediments of the upwelling area off Namibia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 455-464

  Niewohner C ^a   Hensen, C ^a   Kasten, S ^a   Zabel, M ^a   Schulz, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SULPHATE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031849014     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00055-6     Document Type: Article

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