First biomarker evidence for methane oxidation at cold seeps in the Southeast Atlantic (REGAB pockmark)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2239-2247

  Bouloubassi, Ioanna ^a   Nabais, Elisabeth ^a   Pancost, Richard D ^b   Lorre, Anne ^a   Taphanel, Marie Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic oxidation of methane; Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM); Archaea; Bacteria; Cold seeps; Congo Angola margin; Equatorial west Africa margin; Lipid biomarkers; Pockmark

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC OXIDATIONS; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; ARCHAEA; COLD SEEPS; LIPID BIOMARKERS; WEST AFRICA;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; COLD SEEP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIPID; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; POCKMARK; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 71749113986     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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