Altitudinal shifts in the branched tetraether lipid distribution in soil from Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania): Implications for the MBT/CBT continental palaeothermometer

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1072-1076

  Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a,b   Ossebaar, Jort ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^b   Verschuren, Dirk ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL (CO); CYCLISATION; DEGREE OF METHYLATION (DM); ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS; IN-SITU; KILIMANJARO; LIPID DISTRIBUTIONS; MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURE (MAAT); SOIL BACTERIA; SOIL SAMPLES; TANZANIA;

ATMOSPHERICS; BACTERIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS;

SOILS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BACTERIUM; LIPID; MEMBRANE; METHYLATION; MOUNTAIN; SLOPE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGA)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 47849090971     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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