A comparative study of macromolecular substances of a Coorongite and cell walls of the extant alga Botryococcus braunii

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 2053-2068

  Gatellier, Jean Pierre L A ^a   de Leeuw, Jan W ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a   Derenne, Sylvie ^b   Largeau, Claude ^b   Metzger, Pierre ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CELL WALL; COORONGITE; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 0027505526     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(93)90093-C     Document Type: Article

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