Microbial sulfate reduction and the sulfur budget for a complete section of altered oceanic basalts, IODP Hole 1256D (eastern Pacific)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 73-83

  Alt, Jeffrey C ^a   Shanks, Wayne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal circulation; Isotope geochemistry; Ocean crust; Subsurface biosphere; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN CRUST; SUBSURFACE BIOSPHERE; SULFATE REDUCTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BASALT; BUDGET CONTROL; BUILDINGS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SULFUR;

DEGASSING; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAWATER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 80052160780     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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