Biological markers and their carbon isotopes as an approach to the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Nansha area, South China Sea, during the last 30 ka

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1197-1204

  Hu, Jianfang ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Jia, Guodong ^a   Fang, Dianyong ^b   Zhang, Gan ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a   Wang, Pinxian ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS;

BIOMARKERS; COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALKANOIC ACID; ALKANOL; ALKYL GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHINA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0036030517     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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