Acyclic alkanes in the soil over Heshang cave in Qingjiang, Hubei Province

Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-120

  Pu, Yang ^a   Huang, Junhua ^a   Huang, Xianyu ^a   Cui, Jingwei ^a   Hu, Chaoyong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cyanobacteria; Modern soil; n alkanes; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33746121060     PISSN: 10020705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0705(06)60015-0     Document Type: Article

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