Benefits of freeze-drying sediments for the analysis of total chlorins and alkenone concentrations in marine sediments

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1002-1007

  McClymont, Erin L ^a   Martínez Garcia, Alfredo ^b   Rosell Melé, Antoni ^b,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS;

FREEZE DRIED SEDIMENTS; FREEZE DRYING; MICROFOSSIL ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY CONCENTRATION;

CHLORINE;

ACETONE; ALKENONE; BIOMARKER; CHLORIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORE ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION METHOD; FREEZE DRYING; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 34249021969     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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