Biomarker indicators of bacterial activity and organic fluxes during end Triassic mass extinction event

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7097, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jiao, Dan ^a   Perry, Randall S ^a,b   Engel, Mike H ^c   Sephton, Mark A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biomarker; Cyanobacteria; Mass extinction; Triassic Jurassic

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALLOCHTHONOUS ORGANIC MATTERS; BACTERIAL ACTIVITIES; BIOMARKER INDICATORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CYANOBACTERIA; HOPANES; JURASSIC; LIPID BIOMARKERS; MASS EXTINCTION; MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS; METHYLHOPANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NUTRIENT SUPPLIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTERS; TRIASSIC; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 55549110384     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.796160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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