Archaeol - a biomarker for foregut fermentation in modern and ancient herbivorous mammals?

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 467-472

  Gill, Fiona L ^a   Dewhurst, Richard J ^b   Dungait, Jennifer A J ^a   Evershed, Richard P ^a   Ives, Luke ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^c   Pancost, Richard D ^a   Sullivan, Martin ^a   Bera, Subir ^d   Bull, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; LIPID CONTENT; METHANOGENESIS; OVERALL CHARACTERISTICS; PILOT STUDIES; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MAMMALS;

FERMENTERS;

BIOMARKER; CHARCOAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPROLITE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ETHER; FERMENTATION; HERBIVORY; LIPID; MAMMAL; METHANOGENESIS; STEROL; SUBFOSSIL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77949912215     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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