Magnetic enhancement of Baltic Sea sapropels by greigite magnetofossils

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 366, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-150

  Reinholdsson, M ^a   Snowball, I ^a,b   Zillen L ^c   Lenz, C ^a   Conley, D J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biomineralisation; Greigite; Hypoxia; Magnetosomes; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; GEOMAGNETIC NAVIGATION; GREIGITES; HYPOXIA; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOMINERALIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; LAMINATING; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETITE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

ANOXIA; BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; GREIGITE; HYPOXIA; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SAPROPEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875656996     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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