Towards a consistent classification scheme for geochemical environments, or, why we wish the term 'suboxic' would go away: Editorial

Geobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-392

  Canfield, D E ^a   Thamdrup, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; NOMENCLATURE; SUBOXIC CONDITIONS; ZONATION;

MICROBIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW;

OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 68949132897     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00214.x     Document Type: Review

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