Decoupling of bio- and geohopanoids in sediments of the Benguela Upwelling System (BUS)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1119-1129

  Blumenberg, Martin ^a   Mollenhauer, Gesine ^b   Zabel, Matthias ^c   Reimer, Andreas ^a   Thiel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOHOPANEPOLYOLS; BENGUELA UPWELLING SYSTEMS; DIAGENETICS; FOSSIL ORGANIC MATTERS; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOPANES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STUDY SITES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UPPER WATER COLUMN; UPWELLING INTENSITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUSES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; COUPLING; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL RECORD; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SULFUR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

EID: 77956487319     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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