A radiocarbon-based assessment of the preservation characteristics of crenarchaeol and alkenones from continental margin sediments

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1039-1045

  Mollenhauer, Gesine ^a,b,c,d   Eglinton, Timothy I ^c   Hopmans, Ellen C ^d   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; ARCHAEAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; ELSEVIER (CO); MARINE MICROORGANISMS; PARTICLE-ASSOCIATION; SEA-SURFACE-TEMPERATURE (SST); SYSTEMATIC (CO); TWO TYPES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FOOD PRESERVATION; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTATION;

ALKENONE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PRESERVATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 47849128382     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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