Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation in continental margin sediments influenced by irrigation (South-East Atlantic off Namibia)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 897-910

  Fossing, Henrik ^a   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^b   Berg, Peter ^c  

^a Dept of Lake and Estuarine Ecology   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; IRRIGATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034003444     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00349-X     Document Type: Article

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