Macromolecular composition of the dinoflagellate cyst Thalassiphora pelagica (Oligocene, SW Germany)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1643-1656

  Versteegh, Gerard J M ^a   Blokker, Peter ^b   Marshall, Craig ^c   Pross, Jörg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC SIGNATURE; ORGANIC WALLED CYSTS; SULPHURISATION; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS;

BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHAIN LENGTH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULES; SEDIMENTS;

ALGAE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OLIGOCENE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE;

EID: 35148877304     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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