Lipid biomarker patterns of methane-seep microbialites from the Mesozoic convergent margin of California

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1289-1302

  Birgel, Daniel ^a   Thiel, Volker ^b   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^a   Elvert, Marcus ^a   Campbell, Kathleen A ^c   Reitner, Joachim ^b   Farmer, Jack D ^d   Peckmann, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS; METHANE-SEEP MICROBIALITES; MOLECULAR-ISOTOPIC BIOMARKERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

LIPIDS;

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; BIOMARKER; CARBONATE; DIAPIR; GAS SEEPAGE; LIMESTONE; LIPID; MESOZOIC; METHANE; MICROBIALITE; OXFORDIAN; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SERPENTINITE;

CALIFORNIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 33748917516     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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