Sedimentary sterols as biogeochemical indicators in the Southern Ocean

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-588

  Villinski, Jennifer C ^a   Hayes, John M ^b   Brassell, Simon C ^a   Riggert, Virginia L ^c   Dunbar, Robert B ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; SEDIMENTARY STEROLS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ALCOHOLS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYNYA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STEROL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 43049178214     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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