Antarctic sediment chronology by programmed-temperature pyrolysis: Methodology and data treatment

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Rosenheim, Brad E ^a,b   Day, Mary Beth ^c,d   Domack, Eugene ^c   Schrum, Heather ^c,e   Benthien, Albert ^a,f   Hayes, John M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Antarctica; Carbon isotopes; Pyrolysis; Radiocarbon; Sediment chronology; Sedimentary organic material

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749102804     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001816     Document Type: Article

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