Sedimentary sterols and steryl chlorin esters: Distribution differences and significance

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 3-10

  Pearce, Gareth E S ^a   Harradine, Paul J ^a   Talbot, Helen M ^a   Maxwell, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Black Sea; Chlorophyll a; Lake Valencia; Priest Pot; Pyrophaeophorbide a; Sterols; Steryl chlorin esters

Indexed keywords

STEROL; STERYL CHLORIN ESTER;

BIODEGRADATION; STEROL; STERYL CHLORIN ESTER;

CHLOROPHYLL; ESTERS; PROTEINS; SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

LAKE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; STEROL;

EID: 0031972208     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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