A biomarker approach to the organic matter deposited in the North Atlantic during the last climatic cycle

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4633-4646

  Villanueva, Joan ^a,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Cortijo, Elsa ^b   Vidal, Laurence ^b   Labeyrie, Laurent ^b,d  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b Laboratoire Mixte CNRS CEA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; ORGANIC MATTER; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY OCEAN; SEDIMENTATION; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031429694     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)83123-7     Document Type: Article

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