Sources of organic matter in sediments from the Ord River in tropical northern Australia

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1039-1060

  Volkman, John K ^a   Revill, Andrew T ^a   Bonham, Pru I ^a   Clementson, Lesley A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROTIDAL; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE VALUES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER; TRITERPENOID ALCOHOLS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; ESTUARIES; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAMBRIDGE GULF; INDIAN OCEAN; JOSEPH BONAPARTE GULF; ORD RIVER; TIMOR SEA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34347380317     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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