Archaeal lipids and anaerobic oxidation of methane in euxinic water columns: A comparative study of the Black Sea and Cariaco Basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 427-442

  Wakeham, Stuart G ^a   Hopmans, Ellen C ^b   Schouten, Stefan ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Biomarkers; Black Sea; Cariaco Basin; Euxinic basins; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; LIPID; OXIDATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLACK SEA; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 2142818089     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.12.024     Document Type: Article

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