A comparative study of fossil and extant algaenans using ruthenium tetroxide degradation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2055-2065

  Blokker, Peter ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a   De Leeuw, Jan W ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a   Van Den Ende, Herman ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOSSIL; ORGANIC MATTER; RUTHENIUM; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033923306     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00367-7     Document Type: Article

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