A possible chlorophycean affinity of some Neoproterozoic acritarchs

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1323-1337

  Arouri, Khaled ^a   Greenwood, Paul F ^b   Walter, Malcolm R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algaenan; Chlorophyceae; Electron microscopy; Laser micropyrolysis GC MS; Micro FT1R; Neoproterozoic acritarchs; Thermal desorption MS; Trilaminar sheath cell walls

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC;

MULTIFRONSPHAERIDIUM PELORIUM;

ALGAE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; PYROLYSIS;

CHLOROPHYCEAE; MULTIFRONSPHAERIDIUM PELORIUM; NEOPROTEROZOIC ACRITARCHS; PYROLYSATES; THERMAL DESORPTION; TRILAMINAR SHEATH CELL WALLS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032586214     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00105-9     Document Type: Article

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