Distribution of aliphatic des-A-triterpenoids in the Dajiuhu peat deposit, southern China

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1765-1771

  Huang, Xianyu ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a   Zhang, Chuanlun L ^b   Jiao, Dan ^a   Huang, Junhua ^a   Yu, Jianxin ^a   Jin, Fang ^a   Gu, Yansheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON SKELETONS; DIAGENETIC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HOLOCENE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATIONS; OLEANANE; PEAT SAMPLES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SATURATED RINGS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOUTHERN CHINAS; STRONG CORRELATIONS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TRANSITIONAL PERIODS; TRITERPENES; TRITERPENOIDS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CATCHMENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTATION;

PEAT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CATCHMENT; DIAGENESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEAT; RECONSTRUCTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TERPENE; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; CHINA; DAJIUHU BASIN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI;

EID: 56349138034     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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