Biological affinities of Neoproterozoic acritarchs from Australia: Microscopic and chemical characterisation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-89

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

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algaenan; Dinosporin; Electron microscopy; Laser micro Raman; Micro FTIR; Neoproterozoic acritarchs; Pyrolysis; Sporopollenin

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROFOSSIL; MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACRITARCH; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC; THERMAL MATURITY;

AUSTRALIA;

BIOMARKERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ROCKS;

ACRITARCHS; THERMAL ALTERATION INDEX;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033622930     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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