Changes in palaeoenvironmental conditions during deposition of the permian kupferschiefer (Lower Rhine Basin, northwest Germany) inferred from molecular and isotopic compositions of biomarker components

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 677-690

  Grice, Kliti ^a,c   Schaeffer, Philippe ^a,d   Schwark, Lorenz ^b   Maxwell, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

1H pyrrole 2,5 diones; Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Aryl isoprenoids; Carbon isotope ratios; Chlorobiaceae; Kupferschiefer; Maleimides; Phytoplankton; Zechstein Sea

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; CYANOBACTERIA; GREEN SULPHUR BACTERIA; MALEIMIDES; PHOTIC ZONE ANOXIA; PHYTOPLANKTONS; ZECHSTEIN SEA;

ALGAE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULES; PARAFFINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOMARKER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; KUPFERSCHIEFER; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAIN;

GERMANY, LOWER RHINE BASIN;

EID: 0031181299     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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