Release of biodegradable dissolved organic matter from ancient sedimentary rocks

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Schillawski, Sarah ^a,b   Petsch, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; MODERN CARBONS; NMR ANALYSIS; ROCK WEATHERINGS; SUSTAINED RELEASE; WEATHERING CONDITIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; FIRE HAZARDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; WEATHERING;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KEROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERSISTENCE; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHALE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65549119085     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB002980     Document Type: Article

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