Alkanol and sterol degradation in a sediment core from the continental slope off southwestern Taiwan

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2515-2523

  Jeng, Woei Lih ^a   Huh, Chih An ^b   Chen, Chin Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; PHYTOL; STEROL;

ALKANOL; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEGRADATION; DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; STEROL;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN;

PHIPPINE SEA;;

EID: 0030778112     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00319-6     Document Type: Article

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