Milankovitch-scale correlations between deeply buried microbial populations and biogenic ooze lithology

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-82

  Aiello, Ivano W ^a   Bekins, Barbara A ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CELL ABUNDANCE; COLOR REFLECTANCE; DRILL SITES; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; FREQUENCY VARIATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL CELLS; MICROBIAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MILANKOVITCH; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; OOZE SEDIMENTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SCALE CORRELATION; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SUB-SEAFLOOR;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BIOTA; LITHOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; NANOFOSSIL; OOZE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAFLOOR;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 73849115824     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30207.1     Document Type: Article

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