Okenane, a biomarker for purple sulfur bacteria (Chromatiaceae), and other new carotenoid derivatives from the 1640 Ma Barney Creek Formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1396-1414

  Brocks, Jochen J ^a   Schaeffer, Philippe ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMARKER; CARBONATE; CAROTENOID; SULFUR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MCARTHUR BASIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIACEAE; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 39849102478     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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