Control of sulphate and methane distributions in marine sediments by organic matter reactivity

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-193

  Meister, Patrick ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a,b   Khalili, Arzhang ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84872202473     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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