Sulfate reduction in surface sediments of the southeast Atlantic continental margin between 15°38'S and 27°57'S (Angola and Namibia)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 650-661

  Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a   Fossing, Henrik ^a,c   Neumann, Kirsten ^a   Schulz, Horst D ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

(SOUTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032902907     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0650     Document Type: Article

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