Sulfate reduction related to the early diagenetic degradation of organic matter and 'black spot' formation in tidal sandflats of the German Wadden Sea (southern North Sea): Stable isotope (13C, 34S, 18O) and other geochemical results

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 5-7 -7 pt 2, 1998, Pages 1517-1530

  Böttcher, Michael E ^a,b   Oelschläger, Bärbel ^a   Höpner, Thomas ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a   Rullkötter, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black spots; Carbon isotopes; Isotope fractionation; Microbial sulfate reduction; Oxygen isotopes; Southern North Sea; Spiekeroog island; Sulfur isotopes; Tidal sand flats

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR;

BLACK SPOTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

DIAGENESIS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0032215765     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00124-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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