Microbial sulfate reduction rates and sulfur and oxygen isotope fractionations at oil and gas seeps in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-246

  Aharon, Paul ^a   Fu, Baoshun ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS SEEPAGE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; SULFATE; SULFUR;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0034073788     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00292-6     Document Type: Article

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