Nonequilibrium clumped isotope signals in microbial methane

Science

Volumn 348, Issue 6233, 2015, Pages 428-431

  Wang, David T ^a,b   Gruen, Danielle S ^a,b   Sherwood Lollar, Barbara ^c   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^d   Stewart, Lucy C ^e   Holden, James F ^e   Hristov, Alexander N ^f   Pohlman, John W ^g   Morrill, Penny L ^h   Könneke, Martin ^d   Delwiche, Kyle B ⁱ   Reeves, Eoghan P ^a   Sutcliffe, Chelsea N ^c   Ritter, Daniel J ^j   Seewald, Jeffrey S ^b   McIntosh, Jennifer C ^j   Hemond, Harold F ⁱ   Kubo, Michael D ^k   Cardace, Dawn ^l   Hoehler, Tori M ^k   Ono, Shuhei ^a   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

ⁱ Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^k NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLUMPED ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GROUND WATER;

CARBON CYCLE; CATTLE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; SERPENTINIZATION;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPECTROSCOPY; SWAMP; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOMETRY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOVINE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHANOMICROBIALES; TEMPERATURE;

BOS;

ANIMALS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATTLE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOMICROBIALES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928381571     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa4326     Document Type: Article

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