Biomarker and compound-specific δ13C evidence for changing environmental conditions and carbon limitation at Lake Koucha, eastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 873-899

  Aichner, Bernhard ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^b   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^a   Mischke, Steffen ^c   Zhang, Chengjun ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Biomarkers; C20 HBI; Carbon isotopes; Moretene; n Alkanes; Productivity; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; ALKANE; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; KOUCHA LAKE; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77952673128     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9375-y     Document Type: Article

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