Anaerobic and aerobic oxidation of methane at late Cretaceous seeps in the Western Interior Seaway, USA

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 565-577

  Birgel, Daniel ^a   Peckmann, Jörn ^a   Klautzsch, Sandra ^b   Thiel, Volker ^b   Reitner, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

8,14 secohexahydrobenzohopanes; Archaea; Bacteria; Biomarkers; Carbonates; Colorado; Cretaceous; Isoprenoids; Methane seeps

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CAMPANIAN; DIAGENESIS; LIMESTONE; METHANE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; SEEPAGE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750067652     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450600897369     Document Type: Article

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