Palaeo methane-seepage history traced by biomarker patterns in a carbonate crust, Nile deep-sea fan (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Geology

Volumn 261, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 105-113

  Gontharet, S ^a   Stadnitskaia, A ^b   Bouloubassi, I ^a   Pierre, C ^a   Damsté, J S Sinninghe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Authigenic carbonates; Biomarkers; Cold seeps; Lipids; Nile deep sea fan

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BACTERIAL LIPIDS; COLD SEEPS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DEEP SEA FAN; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; LIPID BIOMARKERS; MAIN PROCESS; NILE DEEP-SEA FAN;

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; LIPIDS; METHANE; OXIDATION; SEEPAGE;

BIOMARKERS;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CARBONATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LIPID; METHANE; OCEANIC CRUST; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; SEEPAGE; SUBMARINE FAN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORGONACEA;

EID: 67349083964     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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