Microbial production and oxidation of methane in deep subsurface

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 367-395

  Kotelnikova, Svetlana ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

"Biogenic" methane; Borehole; Deep subsurface; Igneous rock aquifer; Methane oxidation; Methanogenesis; Methanotroph; Nuclear waste disposal; Oil field; Sediments; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION;

EID: 0036795212     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00082-4     Document Type: Article

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