The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate and other dissolved carbon species in deep subseafloor sediments at the northern Cascadia Margin

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3323-3336

  Heuer, Verena B ^a   Pohlman, John W ^b   Torres, Marta E ^c   Elvert, Marcus ^a   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE; ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FERMENTATION; METABOLITE; METHANOGENESIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 65449153541     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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