Authigenic carbonates at cold seeps in the Marmara Sea (Turkey): A lipid biomarker and stable carbon and oxygen isotope investigation

Marine Geology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 112-121

  Chevalier, Nicolas ^a   Bouloubassi, Ioanna ^a   Birgel, Daniel ^b   Crémière, Antoine ^a   Taphanel, Marie Hélène ^a   Pierre, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Authigenic carbonates; Cold seeps; Lipid biomarkers; Marmara Sea; Oil oxidation; Oxygen and carbon stable isotopic compositions

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; COLD SEEPS; LIPID BIOMARKERS; MARMARA SEA; OIL OXIDATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ETHERS; GLYCEROL; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; METHANE; MINERALS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SEEPAGE; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AUTHIGENESIS; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE GROUP; COLD SEEP; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HYDROCARBON SEEP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIPID; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEEPAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBMERSIBLE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 80053461817     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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