Is there evidence for a substantial contribution of prokaryotic biomass to organic carbon in Phanerozoic carbonaceous sediments?

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 517-530

  Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Biomarkers; Carbon isotopes; Green sulphur bacteria; Hopanoids; Organic matter sources

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; HOPANOIDS; PHANEROZOIC CARBONACEOUS SEDIMENTS; PROKARYOTES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC CARBON;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; CLAY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOMARKER; BIOMARKET; CARBONACEOUS SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHANEROZOIC; PROKARYOTE;

EID: 0004587808     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00039-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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