Molecular fingerprinting of wetland organic matter using pyrolysis-GC/MS: An example from the southern Cape coastline of South Africa

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 947-961

  Carr, Andrew S ^a   Boom, Arnoud ^a   Chase, Brian M ^b   Roberts, David L ^c   Roberts, Zoë E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Lignin; Py GC MS; Quaternary, Diagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; COAST; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; LAKE; LIGNIN; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRESERVATION; PYROLYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEMIARID REGION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION TYPE; WETLAND;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ALGAE;

EID: 78049301547     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9466-9     Document Type: Article

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