Comparative molecular biomarker assessment of phytoplankton paleoproductivity for the last 160 kyr off Cap Blanc, NW Africa

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-97

  Zhao, Meixun ^a   Mercer, Jennifer L ^b,f   Eglinton, Geoffrey ^c   Higginson, Matthew J ^d   Huang, Chi Yue ^e  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Forensic Alliance Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; KETONES; PARAFFINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS;

BIOMARKER ASSESSMENT; DINOFLAGELLATES; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES (MAR); PHYTOPLANKTONS;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOMARKER; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 29244470461     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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