Isotope and molecular evidence for the diverse origins of carboxylic acids in leaf fossils and sediments from the Miocene Lake Clarkia deposit, Idaho, U.S.A.

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-299

  Huang, Yongsong ^a   Lockheart, Matthew J ^a   Logan, Graham A ^a   Eglinton, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon isotope; carboxylic acid; Clarkia deposit; hydroxy acids; leaf fossil; methane cycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLARKIA DEPOSIT; HYDROXY ACIDS; LEAF FOSSILS; METHANE CYCLE; MOLECULAR DISTRIBUTIONS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CLARKIA DEPOSIT; HYDROXY ACID; LEAF; METHANE CYCLE; MIOCENE;

USA, IDAHO;

EID: 0030102197     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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