Molecular and isotopic characterization of organic matter in recent and sub-recent sediments from the Dead Sea

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-265

  Oldenburg, Thomas B P ^a,d   Rullkötter, Jürgen ^a   Böttcher, Michael E ^b   Nissenbaum, Arie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Dead Sea; Dunaliella parva; Fatty acids; Halophilic bacteria; Sterols

Indexed keywords

PHYTOL; STEROL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ALCOHOLS; ALGAE; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHOLESTEROL; DERIVATIVES; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION; WAXES;

SEDIMENTS;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE ROCK;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 0343729521     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(00)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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