Nature and origin of organic matter in carbonates from speleothems, marine cements and coral skeletons

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 361-378

  Ramseyer, Karl ^a   Miano, Teodoro M ^b   D'Orazio, Valeria ^b   Wildberger, Andres ^c   Wagner, Thomas ^c   Geister, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corals; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Fulvic acids; Humic substances; SEM; Speleothems; Submicroscopic inclusions in carbonates

Indexed keywords

CORALS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FULVIC ACIDS; SPELEOTHEMS;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INCLUSIONS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031103828     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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