An environmental record of changes in sedimentary organic matter from Lake Sattal in Kumaun Himalayas, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2783-2795

  Choudhary, Preetam ^a   Routh, Joyanto ^b   Chakrapani, Govind J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Hydrocarbons; Pigments; Productivity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIOS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; DIAGENETIC; ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS; GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES; HIMALAYAS; IN-SITU PRODUCTIONS; MESOTROPHIC; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; N ALKANES; N VALUES; PIGMENT CONCENTRATIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITIES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTERS; TROPHIC STATUS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PAINT; PARAFFINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE;

LAKES;

ACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCARBON; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PIGMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATERSHED;

ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SATTAL LAKE; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 61449173713     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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