Control of sulfate pore-water profiles by sedimentary events and the significance of anaerobic oxidation of methane for the burial of sulfur in marine sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2631-2647

  Hensen, Christian ^a   Zabel, Matthias ^a   Pfeifer, Kerstin ^a   Schwenk, Tilmann ^a   Kasten, Sabine ^a   Riedinger, Natascha ^a   Schulz, Horst D ^a   Boetius, Antje ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; POREWATER; SULFATE;

EID: 0042769125     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00199-6     Document Type: Article

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