Amino acid and amino sugar yields and compositions as indicators of dissolved organic matter diagenesis

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-352

  Davis, Jenny ^a   Kaiser, Karl ^a   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO SUGARS; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; DIAGENETIC; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EARLY DIAGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; INTERMEDIATE STAGES; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITIONS; MICROBIAL PRODUCTIONS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; STARTING VALUES; SURVEY DATUM;

AMINATION; AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

AMINES;

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 60249096302     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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