Living microbial ecosystems within the active zone of catagenesis: Implications for feeding the deep biosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-69

  Horsfield, B ^a   Schenk, H J ^b   Zink, K ^a   Ondrak, R ^a   Dieckmann, V ^a   Kallmeyer, J ^a   Mangelsdorf, K ^a   di Primio, R ^a   Wilkes, H ^a   Parkes, R J ^c   Fry, J ^c   Cragg, B ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basin modelling; Bio Geo coupling; biogeochemistry; deep biosphere; geomicrobiology; Nankai Trough

Indexed keywords

BIO-GEO COUPLING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEEP BIOSPHERE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PYROLYSIS;

GEOLOGY;

BASIN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; CATAGENESIS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MATURATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746981942     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.040     Document Type: Article

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