Sulphur cycling in organic-rich marine sediments from a Scottish fjord

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1159-1173

  Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Mortimer, Robert J G ^a   Davies, Ian M ^b   Martyn Harvey, S ^c   Krom, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organic sulphur; Oxygen isotopes; Sulphide DGT; Sulphur cycling; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FJORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65649120727     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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