Carbon isotopic compositions of prokaryotic lipids as tracers of carbon cycling in diverse settings

Chemical Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 29-58

  Pancost, Richard D ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Biomarkers; Carbon isotopes; Cold seeps; Ether lipids; Fatty acids; Hopanoids; Peat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLD SEEP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIPID; PEAT; PROKARYOTE;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0037446457     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00387-X     Document Type: Article

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