Geochemical features and sources of hydrocarbons and fatty acids in soils from the McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Antarctic

Polar Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-196

  Matsumoto, Genki I ^a   Honda, Eisuke ^a,b   Sonoda, Kazuhiko ^c   Yamamoto, Shuichi ^c   Takemura, Tetsuo ^b  

^a OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C of n akanes; 13C of n alkanoic acids; Antarctic soil; Total nitrogen; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FATTY ACID; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYDROCARBON; MICROALGA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; GYMNOSPERMAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77956421864     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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