Alteration of alkenone unsaturation ratio with depth in the Black Sea: Potential roles of stereomutation and aerobic biodegradation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1259-1268

  Rontani, Jean François ^a   Wakeham, Stuart G ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ALKENONE; ALKENONES; BLACK SEA; CHEMICAL-; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STEREOMUTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION;

SEDIMENTATION;

ALKENONE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXIC CONDITIONS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 49149095742     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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