Isotopic composition and probable origin of individual fatty acids in modern sediments from Ruoergai Marsh and Nansha Sea, China

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 583-589

  Duan, Yi ^a   Wen, Qibin ^a   Zheng, Guodong ^a   Luo, Binjie ^a   Ma, Lanhua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SSB   (China)

Author keywords

Biological sources; Carbon isotopic compositions of individual fatty acids; Fatty acids; GC C IRMS; Methyl esters; Modern sediments; Nansha Sea; Ruoergai Marsh

Indexed keywords

METHYL ESTERS;

COMPOSITION; ESTERS; SEDIMENTS;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 0031581485     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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