Compositional variations in sedimentary lacustrine organic matter and their implications for high Alpine Holocene environmental changes: Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-461

  Ariztegui, D ^a   Farrimond, P ^b   McKenzie, J A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lacustrine organic matter; lipids; molecular stratigraphy; paleoenvironmental changes

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEN; LAKES; LIPIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALPINE HOLOCENE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; ORGANIC MATTER ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENTARY LACUSTRINE ORGANIC MATTER; SWITZERLAND;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

HOLOCENE; LAKE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

SWITZERLAND, LAKE ST MORITZ;

EID: 0030113829     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00046-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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