The variations of stable carbon isotope ratio of land plant-derived n-alkanes in deep-sea sediments from the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean during the last 250,000 years

Chemical Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 197-208

  Ratnayake, Nalin Prasanna ^a   Suzuki, Noriyuki ^a   Okada, Makoto ^b   Takagi, Miyuki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Average chain length; Bering Sea; Deep sea sediments; Higher plants; n alkanes; Pacific Ocean; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33645947063     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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