Methane and sulfide fluxes in permanent anoxia: In situ studies at the Dvurechenskii mud volcano (Sorokin Trough, Black Sea)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5002-5018

  Lichtschlag, Anna ^a   Felden, Janine ^a   Wenzhöfer, Frank ^a,b   Schubotz, Florence ^c   Ertefai, Tobias F ^c   Boetius, Antje ^a,b   de Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FLUID FLOW; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUD VOLCANO; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; SULFIDE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VOLCANISM; WATER COLUMN;

BLACK SEA; SOROKIN TROUGH;

DASHEEN MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77955089123     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.031     Document Type: Article

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