Lipid distribution in surface sediments from the eastern central Arctic ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-25

  Schubert, Carsten J ^a,b   Stein, Ruediger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Biomarker; Marine productivity; Organic carbon; Sea ice transportation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION; LIPDS; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0030814716     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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