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306
Krein, E.B. and Aizenshtat, Z., 1995. Proposed thermal
pathways for sulfur transformations in organic
macromolecules: Laboratory simulation experiments. In: Vairavamurthy, M.A. and Schoonen,
M.A.A. (eds), Geochemical Transformations of Sedimentary Sulfur, ACS symposium series, 612,
Washington, DC, pp. 110-137.
Krüger, M., Meyerdierks, A., Gloeckner, F.O., Amann,
R., Widdel, F., Kube, M., Reinhardt, R., Kahnt, J.,
Boecher, R., Thauer, R.K., and Shima, S., 2003. A
conspicuous nickel protein in microbial mats that
oxidize methane anaerobically. Nature, 426: 878881.
Lin, S., and Morse, J.W., 1991. Sulfate reduction and
iron sulfide mineral formation in Gulf of Mexico
anoxic sediments. American Journal of Science, 291:
55-89.
Lowson, R.T., 1982. Aqueous oxidation of pyrite by
molecular oxygen. Chemical Reviews, 82: 461-497.
Luther, G.W., III, 1987. Pyrite oxidation and reduction:
Molecular orbital theory considerations. Geochimica
et Cosmochimica Acta, 51: 3193-3199.
Luther III, G.W., 1991. Pyrite synthesis via polysulfide
compounds. Geochimica et Cosmochimia Acta, 55:
2839-2849.
Luther III, G.W. and Church, T.M., 1991. An overview
of the environment chemistry of sulfur in wetland
systems. In: Howarth, R.W. et al (eds), Sulfur
cycling on the continents. John Wiley, pp: 125-144.
Luther III, G.W., Giblin, A., Howarth, R.W. and Ryans,
R.A., 1982. Pyrite and oxidized iron mineral phases
formed from pyrite oxidation in salt marsh and
estuarine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta, 46: 2665-2669.
Martens, C.S., and Berner, R.A., 1974. Methane
production in the interstitial waters of sulfatedepleted marine sediments. Science, 185: 11671 1 6 9 .
McCollom, T.M., and Shock, E.L., 1997. Geochemical
constraints on chemolithoautotrophic metabolism
by microorganisms in seafloor hydrothermal
systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61:
4375-4391.
Mearon, S., Paytan, A. and Bralower, T.J., 2003.
Cretaceous strontium isotope stratigraphy using
marine barite. Geology, 31: 15-18.
Michaelis, W., Seifert, R., Nauhaus, K., Treude, T.,
Thiel, V., Blumenberg, M., Knittel, K., Gieseke, A.,
Peterknecht, K., Pape, T., Boetius, A., Amann, R.,
Jørgensen, B.B., Widdel, F., Peckmann, J., Pimenov,
N.V., and Gulin, M.B., 2002. Microbial reefs in the
Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane.
Science, 297: 1013-1015.
Middelburg, J.B.M., 1990. Early diagenesis and
authigenic mineral formation in anoxic sediments of
Kau Bay, Indonesia. PhD Thesis, Universitiy of
Utrecht, Utrecht, 177 pp.
Middelburg, J.J., Soetaert, K., and Herman, P.M.J.,
1997. Empirical relationships for use in global
diagenetic models. Deep-Sea Research I, 44: 327344.
Moore, T.S., Murray, R.W., Kurtz, A.C. and Schrag,
D.P., 2004. Anaerobic methane oxidation and the
formation of dolomite. Earth and Planetary Science
Letters, 229: 141-154.
Morse, J.W., 1991. Oxidation kinetics of sedimentary
pyrite in seawater. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta, 55: 3665-3667.
Morse, J.W., 2002. Sedimentary geochemistry of the
carbonate and sulphide systems and their potential
influence on toxic metal bioavailability. In. Gianguzza, A., Pelizzetti, E. and Sammartano, S. (eds),
Chemistry of Marine Water and Sediments. Springer,
pp. 165-189.
Moses, C.O., and Herman, J.S., 1991. Pyrite oxidation
at circumneutral pH. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta, 55: 471-482.
Murray, J.W., Grundmanis, V. and Smethie, W.M. Jr,
1978. Interstitial water chemistry in sediments of
Saanich Inlet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
42: 1011-1026.
Nauhaus, K., Boetius, A., Krüger, M., and Widdel, F.,
2002. In vitro demonstration of anaerobic oxidation
of methane coupled to sulphate reduction in
sediment from a marine gas hydrate area. Environmental Microbiology, 4: 296-305.
Neretin, L., Böttcher, M.E., Jorgensen, B.B., Volkov,
I.I., Lüschen, H. and Hilgenfeldt, K., 2004. Pyritization processes and greigite formation in the
advancing sulfidization front in the upper Pleistocene sediments of the Black Sea. Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta, 68: 2081-2093.
Neumann, T., Rausch, N., Leipe, T., Dellwig, O., Berner,
Z. and Böttcher, M.E., 2005. Intense pyrite
formation under low-sulfate conditions in the Achterwasser lagoon, SW Baltic Sea. Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta, 69: 3619-3630.
Niewöhner, C., Hensen, C., Kasten, S., Zabel, M. and
Schulz, H.D., 1998. Deep sulfate reduction completely mediated by anaerobic methane oxidation in
sediments of the upwelling area off Namibia.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62: 455-464.
Nüster, J., 2005. New methods in biogeochemistry: The
development of electrochemical tools for the
measurement of dissolved and solid state compounds
in natural systems. PhD Thesis, University of
Bremen, 216 pp.
Orphan, V.J., House, C.H. Hinrichs, K.-U., McKeegan,
K.D., DeLong, E.F., 2001. Methane-consuming
archaea revealed by directly coupled isotopic and
phylogenetic analysis. Science, 293: 484-487.
Orphan, V.J., House, C.H., Hinrichs, K.-U., McKeegan,
K.D., DeLong, E.F., 2002. Multiple archaeal groups
mediate methane oxidation in anoxic cold seep
sediments. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA, 99: 7663-7668.
Orr, W.L. and White, C.M. (eds), 1990. Geochemistry
of sulfur in fossil fuels. ACS Symposium Series, 429,
Washington, DC.
Pancost, R.D., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Lint, S.D., van
der Marel, M.J.E.C., Gottschal, J.C., and Shipboard
Scientific Party, 2000. Biomarker evidence for
widespread
anaerobic
methane
oxidation
in
Mediterranean sediments by a consortium of
methanogenic archaea and bacteria. Applied and
Environmental Microbiology, 66: 1126-1132.
Parkes, R.J., Webster, G., Cragg, B.A., Weightman, A.J.,
Newberry, C.J., Ferdelman, T.G., Kallmeyer, J.,
Jørgensen, B.B., Aiello, I.W., and Fry, J.C., 2005.
Deep sub-seafloor prokaryotes stimulated at
interfaces over geological time. Nature, 436: 390394.
Passier, H.F., Middelburg, J.J., Os, B.J.H.v. and Lange,
G.J.de, 1996. Diagenetic pyritisation under eastern
Mediterranean sapropels caused by downward sulphide diffusion. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
60: 751-763.
Sulfur Cycling and Methane Oxidation
306
Krein, E.B. and Aizenshtat, Z., 1995. Proposed thermal
pathways for sulfur transformations in organic
macromolecules: Laboratory simulation experiments. In: Vairavamurthy, M.A. and Schoonen,
M.A.A. (eds), Geochemical Transformations of Sedimentary Sulfur, ACS symposium series, 612,
Washington, DC, pp. 110-137.
Krüger, M., Meyerdierks, A., Gloeckner, F.O., Amann,
R., Widdel, F., Kube, M., Reinhardt, R., Kahnt, J.,
Boecher, R., Thauer, R.K., and Shima, S., 2003. A
conspicuous nickel protein in microbial mats that
oxidize methane anaerobically. Nature, 426: 878881.
Lin, S., and Morse, J.W., 1991. Sulfate reduction and
iron sulfide mineral formation in Gulf of Mexico
anoxic sediments. American Journal of Science, 291:
55-89.
Lowson, R.T., 1982. Aqueous oxidation of pyrite by
molecular oxygen. Chemical Reviews, 82: 461-497.
Luther, G.W., III, 1987. Pyrite oxidation and reduction:
Molecular orbital theory considerations. Geochimica
et Cosmochimica Acta, 51: 3193-3199.
Luther III, G.W., 1991. Pyrite synthesis via polysulfide
compounds. Geochimica et Cosmochimia Acta, 55:
2839-2849.
Luther III, G.W. and Church, T.M., 1991. An overview
of the environment chemistry of sulfur in wetland
systems. In: Howarth, R.W. et al (eds), Sulfur
cycling on the continents. John Wiley, pp: 125-144.
Luther III, G.W., Giblin, A., Howarth, R.W. and Ryans,
R.A., 1982. Pyrite and oxidized iron mineral phases
formed from pyrite oxidation in salt marsh and
estuarine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta, 46: 2665-2669.
Martens, C.S., and Berner, R.A., 1974. Methane
production in the interstitial waters of sulfatedepleted marine sediments. Science, 185: 11671 1 6 9 .
McCollom, T.M., and Shock, E.L., 1997. Geochemical
constraints on chemolithoautotrophic metabolism
by microorganisms in seafloor hydrothermal
systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61:
4375-4391.
Mearon, S., Paytan, A. and Bralower, T.J., 2003.
Cretaceous strontium isotope stratigraphy using
marine barite. Geology, 31: 15-18.
Michaelis, W., Seifert, R., Nauhaus, K., Treude, T.,
Thiel, V., Blumenberg, M., Knittel, K., Gieseke, A.,
Peterknecht, K., Pape, T., Boetius, A., Amann, R.,
Jørgensen, B.B., Widdel, F., Peckmann, J., Pimenov,
N.V., and Gulin, M.B., 2002. Microbial reefs in the
Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane.
Science, 297: 1013-1015.
Middelburg, J.B.M., 1990. Early diagenesis and
authigenic mineral formation in anoxic sediments of
Kau Bay, Indonesia. PhD Thesis, Universitiy of
Utrecht, Utrecht, 177 pp.
Middelburg, J.J., Soetaert, K., and Herman, P.M.J.,
1997. Empirical relationships for use in global
diagenetic models. Deep-Sea Research I, 44: 327344.
Moore, T.S., Murray, R.W., Kurtz, A.C. and Schrag,
D.P., 2004. Anaerobic methane oxidation and the
formation of dolomite. Earth and Planetary Science
Letters, 229: 141-154.
Morse, J.W., 1991. Oxidation kinetics of sedimentary
pyrite in seawater. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta, 55: 3665-3667.
Morse, J.W., 2002. Sedimentary geochemistry of the
carbonate and sulphide systems and their potential
influence on toxic metal bioavailability. In. Gianguzza, A., Pelizzetti, E. and Sammartano, S. (eds),
Chemistry of Marine Water and Sediments. Springer,
pp. 165-189.
Moses, C.O., and Herman, J.S., 1991. Pyrite oxidation
at circumneutral pH. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta, 55: 471-482.
Murray, J.W., Grundmanis, V. and Smethie, W.M. Jr,
1978. Interstitial water chemistry in sediments of
Saanich Inlet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
42: 1011-1026.
Nauhaus, K., Boetius, A., Krüger, M., and Widdel, F.,
2002. In vitro demonstration of anaerobic oxidation
of methane coupled to sulphate reduction in
sediment from a marine gas hydrate area. Environmental Microbiology, 4: 296-305.
Neretin, L., Böttcher, M.E., Jorgensen, B.B., Volkov,
I.I., Lüschen, H. and Hilgenfeldt, K., 2004. Pyritization processes and greigite formation in the
advancing sulfidization front in the upper Pleistocene sediments of the Black Sea. Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta, 68: 2081-2093.
Neumann, T., Rausch, N., Leipe, T., Dellwig, O., Berner,
Z. and Böttcher, M.E., 2005. Intense pyrite
formation under low-sulfate conditions in the Achterwasser lagoon, SW Baltic Sea. Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta, 69: 3619-3630.
Niewöhner, C., Hensen, C., Kasten, S., Zabel, M. and
Schulz, H.D., 1998. Deep sulfate reduction completely mediated by anaerobic methane oxidation in
sediments of the upwelling area off Namibia.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62: 455-464.
Nüster, J., 2005. New methods in biogeochemistry: The
development of electrochemical tools for the
measurement of dissolved and solid state compounds
in natural systems. PhD Thesis, University of
Bremen, 216 pp.
Orphan, V.J., House, C.H. Hinrichs, K.-U., McKeegan,
K.D., DeLong, E.F., 2001. Methane-consuming
archaea revealed by directly coupled isotopic and
phylogenetic analysis. Science, 293: 484-487.
Orphan, V.J., House, C.H., Hinrichs, K.-U., McKeegan,
K.D., DeLong, E.F., 2002. Multiple archaeal groups
mediate methane oxidation in anoxic cold seep
sediments. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA, 99: 7663-7668.
Orr, W.L. and White, C.M. (eds), 1990. Geochemistry
of sulfur in fossil fuels. ACS Symposium Series, 429,
Washington, DC.
Pancost, R.D., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Lint, S.D., van
der Marel, M.J.E.C., Gottschal, J.C., and Shipboard
Scientific Party, 2000. Biomarker evidence for
widespread
anaerobic
methane
oxidation
in
Mediterranean sediments by a consortium of
methanogenic archaea and bacteria. Applied and
Environmental Microbiology, 66: 1126-1132.
Parkes, R.J., Webster, G., Cragg, B.A., Weightman, A.J.,
Newberry, C.J., Ferdelman, T.G., Kallmeyer, J.,
Jørgensen, B.B., Aiello, I.W., and Fry, J.C., 2005.
Deep sub-seafloor prokaryotes stimulated at
interfaces over geological time. Nature, 436: 390394.
Passier, H.F., Middelburg, J.J., Os, B.J.H.v. and Lange,
G.J.de, 1996. Diagenetic pyritisation under eastern
Mediterranean sapropels caused by downward sulphide diffusion. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
60: 751-763.