Restricted utility of aryl isoprenoids as indicators for photic zone anoxia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 4873-4876

  Koopmans, Martin P ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a   Kohnen, Math E L ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ARYL ISOPRENOIDS; CAROTENOID; ISOPRENOID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PHOTIC ZONE;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030436969     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00303-1     Document Type: Note

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