Geochemistry of shallow tropical marine sediments from the Arafura Sea, Australia

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1953-1971

  Grosjean, E ^a   Logan, G A ^a   Rollet, N ^a   Ryan, G J ^a   Glenn, K ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL TRANSGRESSION; HEADSPACE GAS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; CARBONATES; LIPIDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALGA; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MANGROVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARAFURA SEA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 35448954816     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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