Distributions of C22-C30 even-carbon-number n-alkanes in Ocean Anoxic Event 1 samples from the Basque-Cantabrian Basin

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 221-225

  Chaler, R ^a   Dorronsoro, C ^b   Grimalt, J O ^a   Agirrezabala, L M ^b   Fernandez Mendiola P A ^b   Garcia Mondejar J ^b   Gomez Perez I ^c   Lopez Horgue M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOPENTANE; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SQUALANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEA; SEDIMENTATION;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 21244434813     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0616-2     Document Type: Article

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