Intermediate sulfur oxidation state compounds in the euxinic surface sediments of the Dvurechenskii mud volcano (Black Sea)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-145

  Lichtschlag, Anna ^a   Kamyshny, Alexeys ^a,b   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a   deBeer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; COLD SEEP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; MUD VOLCANO; ORE MINERAL; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

BLACK SEA; SOROKIN TROUGH;

DASHEEN MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 84872297972     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.025     Document Type: Article

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