Anaerobic methane oxidation and the formation of dolomite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 141-154

  Moore, T S ^a,c   Murray, Rick W ^a   Kurtz, A C ^a   Schrag, D P ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic methane oxidation; Diagenesis; Dolomite

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATION (AMO); DOLOMITES; METHANOGENESIS; ORGANIC MATTERS;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS;

ROCKS;

DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; METHANE; OXIDATION;

EID: 10944228181     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.015     Document Type: Article

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