Biomarker evidence for a major preservation pathway of sedimentary organic carbon

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5780, 2006, Pages 1627-1631

  Hebting, Y ^a,c   Schaeffer, P ^a   Behrens, A ^a   Adam, P ^a   Schmitt, G ^a   Schneckenburger, P ^a   Bernasconi, S M ^b   Albrecht, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIOMARKERS; HYDROCARBONS; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENTS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SULFUR;

BIOMARKER EVIDENCE; HYDROGEN DONORS; NONBIOLOGICAL REDUCTION PATHWAYS; ORGANIC CARBON;

HYDROGENATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMARKER; CAROTENOID; FOSSIL; LABORATORY METHOD; PIGMENT; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL; HYDROGENATION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROCK; SEDIMENT; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BETA CAROTENE; CARBON; CAROTENOIDS; CATALYSIS; CHLOROBI; CHOLESTENONES; CHROMATIACEAE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; KETONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; STEREOISOMERISM; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33745120797     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126372     Document Type: Article

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