Tectonic control of bioalteration in modern and ancient oceanic crust as evidenced by carbon isotopes

Island Arc

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-155

  Furnes, Harald ^a   Dilek, Yildirim ^b   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^c   Banerjee, Neil R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioalteration; Carbon isotopes; Costa Rica Rift; Lavas; Microbial life; Mid ocean ridges; Mirdita ophiolite; Oceanic crust; Ophiolites; Solund Stavfjord ophiolite; Spreading rates; Upper oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 33644826674     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2006.00516.x     Document Type: Review

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