Ethology of the Zoophycos-producer: Arguments against the gardening model from δ13Corg evidences of the Spreiten Material

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 713-725

  Löwemark, Ludvig ^a   Lin, In Tian ^a   Wang, Chung Ho ^a   Huh, Chih An ^a   Wei, Kuo Yen ^b   Chen, Chih Wei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemosymbiosis; Isotope fractionation; Methanogenesis; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sulfur oxidizing bacteria

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; METHANOGENESIS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TRACE FOSSIL;

EID: 11144336773     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.4.713(O)     Document Type: Article

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