Alkenones and alkenes in surface waters and sediments of the Southern Ocean: Implications for paleotemperature estimation in polar regions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1495-1505

  Sikes, Elisabeth L ^a,b   Volkman, John K ^a,c   Robertson, Lisette G ^a   Pichon, Jean Jacques ^d  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ALKENES; ALKENONE; ALKENONES; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; POLAR REGIONS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0030758335     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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