Sulfate reduction below the sulfate-methane transition in Black Sea sediments

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 493-504

  Holmkvist, Lars ^a,b   Kamyshny, Alexey ^a,c   Vogt, Christoph ^d   Vamvakopoulos, Kyriakos ^a   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Potential sulfate reduction; Re oxidation; Sulfate reduction; Sulfur species

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEA; DEEPWATER BASINS; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; OXIDIZED IRON; PORE WATERS; POTENTIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; RE-OXIDATION; REDUCED SULFUR SPECIES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SUB-SURFACES; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFATE-METHANE TRANSITIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR;

SULFATE MINERALS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; POREWATER; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE; TIME SERIES; TRACER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BLACK SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953095519     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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