Microbial influences on local carbon isotopic ratios and their preservation in carbonate

Astrobiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-70

  Sumner, Dawn Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonates; Diffusion; Microbial mats

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; KINETICS; LIFE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; EXOBIOLOGY; KINETICS; LIFE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035279323     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110701750137431     Document Type: Article

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