A comparison of biomarker records of northeast African vegetation from lacustrine and marine sediments (ca. 3.40 Ma)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1607-1624

  Feakins, Sarah J ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^b   deMenocal, Peter B ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION]; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MICROBIAL SOURCES; MOLECULAR ABUNDANCE;

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARINE RECORD; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; ARABIAN SEA; EAST AFRICA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA BASIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 35148876122     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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