Basal ice microbiology at the margin of the Greenland ice sheet

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 56, 2010, Pages 71-79

  Yde, Jacob C ^a,b   Finster, Kai W ^a   Raiswell, Rob ^c   Steffensen, Jørgen P ^d   Heinemeier, Jan ^a   Olsen, Jesper ^e   Gunnlaugsson, Haraldur P ^a   Nielsen, Ole B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BASAL ICE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE SHEET; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

BACTEROIDETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOFERAX;

EID: 79960717446     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931976     Document Type: Article

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