Selective organic matter preservation in "burn-down" turbidites on the Madeira Abyssal Plain

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Prahl, F G ^a   Cowie, G L ^b   de Lange, G J ^c   Sparrow, M A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Lipid biomarkers; Organic carbon; Stable carbon isotopes; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; DIAGENESIS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MADEIRA ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0142122103     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000853     Document Type: Article

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