Latitudinal distributions of terrestrial biomarkers in the sediments from the Central Pacific

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1911-1918

  Ohkouchi, N ^a,d   Kawamura, K ^b,d   Kawahata, H ^c   Taira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMARKERS; DEEP SEA; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; LIPID; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL ORIGIN;

PACIFIC, (CENTRAL);

EID: 0030791108     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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