Origins of archaeal tetraether lipids in sediments: Insights from radiocarbon analysis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4577-4594

  Shah, Sunita R ^a   Mollenhauer, Gesine ^b   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^c   Eglinton, Timothy I ^d   Pearson, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKENONE; ETHER; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA RISE; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA MONICA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 50049132078     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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