Lipid biomarker, δ13C and plant macrofossil stratigraphy of a Scottish montane peat bog over the last two millennia

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 217-237

  Ficken, K J ^a   Barber, K E ^b   Eglinton, G ^a  

^a Department of Geology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Blanket bog; Cairngorms; Lipids; Palaeoenvironment; Peat

Indexed keywords

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL STRATIGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOMARKERS;

EID: 0032499156     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00126-5     Document Type: Article

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