Application of tetracyclic polyprenoids as indicators of input from fresh-brackish water environments

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-469

  Holba, A G ^a,b   Dzou, L I ^b   Wood, G D ^c   Ellis, L ^b,d   Adam, P ^e   Schaeffer, P ^e   Albrecht, P ^e   Greene, T ^f   Hughes, W B ^b  

^a Subsurface Technology Group   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c IRF GROUP INC   (United States)

^d Terra Nova Technologies   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLIC POLYPRENOIDS (TPP);

ALGAE; BIOMARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SALINE WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

BIOMARKER; BRACKISH WATER; GREEN ALGA; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; OIL; SOURCE ROCK;

PERU;

EID: 0037236715     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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