n-alkane distribution coupled with organic carbon isotope composition in the shell bar section, Qarhan paleolake, Qaidam basin, NE Tibetan Plateau

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-335

  Pu, Yang ^a,b   Zhang, Hucai ^a   Lei, Guoliang ^a   Chang, Fengqin ^a   Yang, Mingsheng ^c   Huang, Xianyu ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cluster analysis; Lacustrine sediment; n alkane; 13Corg

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 68249140321     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0044-2     Document Type: Article

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