Temperature dependence of organic matter remineralization in deeply-buried marine sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 396-410

  Burdige, David J ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep marine biosphere; Gas hydrates; Methane; Reactive transport models; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BLAKE RIDGE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP ZONE; DEEP-MARINE; DEPTH ZONATION; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; IN-SITU; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METHANOGENESIS; MODEL RESULTS; NEARSHORES; PORE WATERS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; REMINERALIZATION; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTERS; SHARP CONTRAST; SULFATE REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

GAS HYDRATES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOSPHERE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REMINERALIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE RIDGE;

EID: 80054688624     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.043     Document Type: Article

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