A 300 m long depth profile of metabolic activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the continental margin sediments of South Australia (ODP Site 1130) derived from inverse reaction-transport modeling

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Wortmann, Ulrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; ODP Leg 182; Reaction transport modeling; Sulfate reduction rate; Sulfate reducmg bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548161646     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001143     Document Type: Article

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