Effects of long term oxic degradation on the U37K′, TEX86 and BIT organic proxies

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1188-1194

  Huguet, Carme ^a   Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   de Lange, Gert J ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a,b   Schouten, Stefan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAINS; ALKENONES; BOTTOM WATER; DIAGENETICS; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; ISOPRENOIDS; LONG CHAIN ALKENONES; LONG TERM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN EXPOSURE; PARTIAL DEGRADATION; PLEISTOCENE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; GLYCEROL; OCEAN CURRENTS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; TURBIDITY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ALCOHOL; BIOMARKER; BOTTOM WATER; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; ETHER; ISOPRENOID; KETONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MADEIRA ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 70350565435     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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