Characterizing lipid biomarkers in methanotrophic communities of gas hydrate-bearing sediments in the Sea of Okhotsk

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1884-1898

  Yang, Jin Yong ^a   Chung, Kyung Ho ^b   Jin, Young Keun ^b   Shin, Kyung Hoon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Gas hydrate; Lipid biomarker; Stable isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; ARCHAEA; COLD SEEPS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DRY WEIGHT; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; LIPID BIOMARKER; LIPID BIOMARKERS; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; METHANOGENESIS; SEA FLOOR; SEA OF OKHOTSK; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIO; STABLE ISOTOPES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ASSOCIATED GAS; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; HYDRATION; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; COLD SEEP; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTROPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 82455188115     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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