Stable isotope evidence for microbial sulphate reduction at the bed of a polythermal high Arctic glacier

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 341-355

  Wadham, J L ^a   Bottrell, S ^b   Tranter, M ^a   Raiswell, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Subglacial geochemistry; Subglacial microbiology; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIER; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 1542434956     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00683-6     Document Type: Article

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