Raman spectroscopy and biomarker analysis reveal multiple carbon inputs to a Precambrian glacial sediment

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1115-1123

  Marshall, Alison Olcott ^a   Corsetti, Frank A ^b   Sessions, Alex L ^c   Marshall, Craig P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE BIOMASS; NEW APPROACHES; ORGANIC MATTER; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMARKER; BIOSPHERE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PRECAMBRIAN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REDEPOSITION;

EID: 70350069930     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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