Biomarker patterns in a time-resolved holocene/terminal Pleistocene sedimentary sequence from the Guadiana river estuarine area (SW Portugal/Spain border)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1601-1613

  González Vila, Francisco J ^a   Polvillo, Oliva ^a   Boski, Tomasz ^b   Moura, Delminda ^b   De Andrés, José R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ESTUARIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMARKER COMPOUND;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOMARKER; DIAGENESIS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; LIPID; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0344496710     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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