Identifying "free" and "bound" lipid fractions in stalagmite samples: An example from Heshang Cave, Southern China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2589-2595

  Huang, Xianyu ^a   Cui, Jingwei ^a   Pu, Yang ^a   Huang, Junhua ^a   Blyth, Alison J ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LIPIDS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PARAFFINS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANES; DIFFERENT MODES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; HYDROXY ACIDS; KARST SYSTEMS; LIPID BIOMARKERS; LIPID DISTRIBUTIONS; LIPID FRACTIONS; N-ALCOHOLS; N-ALKANES; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PROXY RECORDS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; SOUTHERN CHINA; STRONG ACIDS;

EXTRACTION;

BACTERIUM; CAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; KARST; LIPID; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOECOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STALAGMITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HESHANG CAVE; HUBEI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 50249121883     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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