Organic matter sources and early diagenetic degradation in a tropical peaty marsh (Tritrivakely, Madagascar). Implications for environmental reconstruction during the Sub-Atlantic

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 421-438

  Bourdon, Sonia ^a   Laggoun Défarge, Fatima ^a   Disnar, Jean Robert ^a   Maman, Ousmane ^a   Guillet, Bernard ^a   Derenne, Sylvie ^b   Largeau, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Botryococcus braunii; Cyperaceae; Diatoms; Early diagenesis; Lignin oxidation; Organic matter sources; Peat; Pyrolyses; Sugar hydrolysis; Tritrivakely lake

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CELL WALL; DEGRADATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DIAGENESIS; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; MADAGASCAR; MANNOSE; MARSH; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; RHAMNOSE; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC (GEOCHRONOLOGY); DIAGENESIS; MARSH; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL SOIL;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0342858937     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(00)00010-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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