Fatty acid biogeochemistry of sediments from the Chilean coastal upwelling region: Sources and diagenetic changes

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 626-647

  Niggemann, Jutta ^a   Schubert, Carsten J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIAGENETIC CHANGES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; COMPOSITION; FATTY ACIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; RATE CONSTANTS;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAGENESIS; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646102457     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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