Early diagenetic alteration of organic matter by sulfate reduction in Quaternary sediments from the northeastern Arabian Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Luckge A ^a,d   Ercegovac, M ^b   Strauss, H ^c   Littke, R ^a,e  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic environment; Arabian Sea; Degradation; Marine sediments; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE; SULFUR;

BIODEGRADATION; DIAGENESIS; ORGANIC MATTER; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0345280049     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00191-1     Document Type: Article

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