Hydrothermalism in the Tyrrhenian Sea: Inorganic and microbial sulfur cycling as revealed by geochemical and multiple sulfur isotope data

Chemical Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 217-231

  Peters, Marc ^a   Strauss, Harald ^a   Petersen, Sven ^b   Kummer, Nicolai Alexeji ^c   Thomazo, Christophe ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrothermalism; Massive sulfide complex; Multiple sulfur isotopes; Sulfur cycling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; DISPROPORTIONATIONS; DISSOLVED SULFIDE; DRILL CORE; DRILL SITES; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; HYDROTHERMALISM; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; MASSIVE SULFIDE COMPLEX; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL ORIGINS; MICROBIAL TURNOVER; MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPES; NEGATIVE VALUES; PANAREA; POLYMETALLIC; PORE WATERS; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA; VOLCANIC COMPLEX;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHROMIUM; CORE DRILLING; DRILLS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SULFUR;

BIOGENIC MINERAL; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POREWATER; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESSINA [SICILY]; PANAREA; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650738013     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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