An inorganic geochemical argument for coupled anaerobic oxidation of methane and iron reduction in marine sediments

Geobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 172-181

  Riedinger, N ^a   Formolo, M J ^b   Lyons, T W ^a   Henkel, S ^c,f   Beck, A ^d   Kasten, S ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; METHANE; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES;

EID: 84893756276     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12077     Document Type: Article

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