Timing of early diagenetic sulfurization of organic matter: A precursor-product relationship in Holocene sediments of the anoxic Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1741-1751

  Werne, Josef P ^a   Hollander, David J ^a   Behrens, Anke ^b   Schaeffer, Philippe ^b   Albrecht, Pierre ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Polymers and Materials   (France)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; DIAGENESIS; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFUR;

CARIBBEAN SEA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0034081177     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00366-X     Document Type: Article

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