Coupled organic and inorganic carbon cycling in the deep subseafloor sediment of the northeastern Bering Sea Slope (IODP Exp. 323)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 251-261

  Wehrmann, Laura M ^a   Risgaard Petersen, Nils ^b   Schrum, Heather N ^c,j   Walsh, Emily A ^c   Huh, Youngsook ^d   Ikehara, Minoru ^e   Pierre, Catherine ^f   D'Hondt, Steven ^c   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a   Ravelo, Ana Christina ^g   Takahashi, Kozo ^h   Zarikian, Carlos Alvarez ⁱ  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Sea Education Association   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bering Sea; Deep subseafloor sediment; Diagenetic carbonate formation; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program; Microbially mediated diagenetic processes; Organic carbon mineralization

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; DEEP SUBSEAFLOOR SEDIMENT; DIAGENETIC CARBONATE FORMATION; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC CARBON MINERALIZATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; INTEGRATION; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; METHANE; MINERALOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PORE PRESSURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER DEPTH;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79955464570     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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