Sesquiterpenoids in Amazon shelf waters

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 241-250

  Elias, Vladimir O ^a,b   Cardoso, Jari N ^a   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon continental shelf; cadalene; dissolved lipids; sesquiterpenes; sesquiterpenols; XAD 2

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HYDROCARBONS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SESQUITERPENOIDS;

ATLANTIC, AMAZON SHELF;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DEGRADATION; LIPIDS; PARAFFINS; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AMAZON CONTINENTAL SHELF; BICYCLANES; CADALENE; DISSOLVED LIPIDS; HYDROXYLATED COMPOUNDS; SESQUITERPENES; SESQUITERPENOIDS; SESQUITERPENOLS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030300298     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00077-0     Document Type: Article

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