Aspartic acid geochronology of sediments from the ocean margin off of India

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Krishna, Moturi S ^a   Sarma, Nittala S ^a   Pasha, Sk G ^a   Venu, K G ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID RACEMIZATION; ASPARTIC ACIDS; BAY OF BENGAL; BEST-FIT MODELS; CARBONATE FRACTION; CLAY FRACTIONS; COARSE FRACTIONS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; LOGARITHMIC MODELS; RACEMIZATION RATE; RADIOCARBON AGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT FRACTION; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; KINETIC THEORY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

ASPARTIC ACID; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; RACEMIZATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77249105376     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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