Long-chain alkenones and alkyl alkenoates in the coastal and pelagic sediments of the northwest north Pacific, with special reference to the reconstruction of Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica ratios

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 751-764

  Sawada, Ken ^a   Handa, Nobuhiko ^a   Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro ^b   Danbara, Akiko ^b   Montani, Shigeru ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alkenone; alkyl alkenoate; coccolithophorid assemblage; EE K37; EE K38; Emiliania huxleyi; Gephyrocapsa oceanica; northwest North Pacific sediment; U(k) 37

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CALCULATIONS; CALIBRATION; CELL CULTURE; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEDIMENTS;

ALKENONES; ALKYL ALKENOATES; COCCOLITHOPHORIC ASSEMBLAGE; NONLINEAR EXPONENTIAL CALIBRATIONS; NORTHWEST NORTH PACIFIC SEDIMENT; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALKENONE; ALKYL ALKENOATE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COCCOLITH; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; NEARSHORE SEDIMENTATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PELAGIC SEDIMENT; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS;

CORAL SEA, GREAT BARRIER REEF; JAPAN, HONSHU, MUTSU BAY; PACIFIC;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA;

EID: 0030201230     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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