Cretaceous black shales as active bioreactors: A biogeochemical model for the deep biosphere encountered during ODP Leg 207 (Demerara Rise)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 408-425

  Arndt, Sandra ^a,c   Brumsack, Hans Júrgen ^a   Wirtz, Kai W ^a,b  

^a Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEMERARA RISE;

EID: 30944464793     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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