Kerogen-bound glycerol dialkyl tetraether lipids released by hydropyrolysis of marine sediments: A bias against incorporation of sedimentary organisms?

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1359-1371

  Pancost, Richard D ^a   Coleman, Joanna M ^a   Love, Gordon D ^b   Chatzi, Athina ^a   Bouloubassi, Ioanna ^c   Snape, Colin E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; HYDROPYROLYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; ORGANIC MATTER; PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; POTENTIALLY POWERFUL; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO;

FOOD PRESERVATION; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GLYCEROL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); KEROGEN; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION; PYROLYSIS;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; BENGUELA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 49149113126     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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