Lipid biomarkers and carbon-isotopes of modern travertine deposits (Yellowstone National Park, USA): Implications for biogeochemical dynamics in hot-spring systems

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3157-3169

  Zhang, Chuanlun L ^a   Fouke, Bruce W ^b   Bonheyo, George T ^b   Peacock, Aaron D ^c   White, David C ^c   Huang, Yongsong ^d   Romanek, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angel Terrace; Aquificales; Cyanobacteria; Glycolipid fatty acids; Green non sulfur bacteria; Green sulfur bacteria; Lipid biomarkers; Mammoth Hot Springs; Phospholipid fatty acids; Stable carbon isotopes; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LIPID; TRAVERTINE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

AQUIFICALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 17444385478     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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