Acyclic isoprenoids - Molecular indicators of archaeal activity in contemporary and ancient Chinese saline/hypersaline environments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 381, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 59-76

  Wang, Ruiliang ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Archaebacteria; Biomarker; Cambrian; Eocene; Isoprenoid; Paleoenvironment; Permian; Salinity; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032419742     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003223506939     Document Type: Article

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