Stable Isotope Studies in Marine Chemoautotrophically Based Ecosystems: An Update

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 202-237

  Van Dover, Cindy Lee ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonate; Continental margin; Isotope systematic; Isotopic tracing; Microbial degradation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ISOTOPIC TRACING; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 69949165924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691854.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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