Bacteriohopanepolyols as tracers for continental and marine organic matter supply and phases of enhanced nitrogen cycling on the late Quaternary Congo deep sea fan

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 910-914

  Handley, Luke ^a   Talbot, Helen M ^a   Cooke, Martin P ^a   Anderson, Kathleen E ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POPULATION; BACTERIOHOPANEPOLYOLS; CYCLITOLS; DEEP SEA FAN; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE QUATERNARY; N-FIXATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TRICHODESMIUM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ETHERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEEP SEA; DIAGENESIS; ETHER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUATERNARY; RESOLUTION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONGO FAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GORGONACEA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 77956191395     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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