Steroids in sediments from Zabuye Salt Lake, western Tibet: Diagenetic, ecological or climatic signals?

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-168

  Wang, R L ^a   Brassell, S C ^b   Scarpitta, S C ^a   Zheng, M P ^c   Zhang, S C ^d   Hayde, P R ^a   Muench, L M ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALGAE; BIOMARKERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FRACTIONATION;

DIAGENESIS;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PROVENANCE; STEROID;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; ZABUYE SALT LAKE;

EID: 0742270913     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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