Compositions and sources of extractable organic matter in Mesopotamian marshland surface sediments of Iraq. I: Aliphatic lipids

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 857-866

  Rushdi, Ahmed I ^a   Douabul, Ali A ^b   Mohammed, Sama Samir ^b   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iraq Foundation   (Iraq)

Author keywords

GC MS; Iraq; Lipids; Mesopotamian marshes; UCM

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; STAINLESS STEEL; WETLANDS;

IRAQ; MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; UCM;

SEDIMENTS;

EXTRACTION METHOD; LIPID; MARSH; PETROLEUM; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WETLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33746568912     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0257-6     Document Type: Article

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