Marine organic geochemistry of the Eastern Mediterranean: 2. Polar biomarkers in Cretan Sea surficial sediments

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Gogou, Alexandra ^a,b   Stephanou, Euripides G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

4 Desmethyl sterols; 4 Methyl sterols; Early diagenesis; Eastern Mediterranean sediment; Heterotrophic processes; Isoprenoid hydrocarbons; Lipids; n Alkanoic and N alkenoic acids; n Alkanols; , Dicarboxylic acids

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DIAGENESIS; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

CRETAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0346671041     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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