Diagenetic and sedimentological controls on the composition of organic matter preserved in California Borderland Basin sediments

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 558-576

  Mollenhauer, Gesine ^a,b,c   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAGENESIS; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VASCULAR PLANT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA BASIN; SANTA MONICA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34250860615     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.2.0558     Document Type: Article

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