Predominance of even carbon-numbered n-alkanes from lacustrine sediments in Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau: Implications for climate change

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1478-1486

  Wang, Yongli ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Zhang, Tongwei ^b   Li, Yuanmao ^a   Wu, Yingqin ^a   He, Daxiang ^a   Wang, Youxiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHONOUS BACTERIA; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; C-NUMBER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH PRODUCTION RATE; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LATE MIOCENE; MAXIMUM VALUES; N-ALKANES; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

BACTERIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARID ENVIRONMENT; AUTOCHTHON; BACTERIUM; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOCLIMATE; PLATEAU; PLIOCENE;

CHINA; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77957018465     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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