Organic compounds preserved in a 2.9million year old stalagmite from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 101-105

  Blyth, Alison J ^a   Watson, Jonathan S ^a   Woodhead, Jon ^b   Hellstrom, John ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Lignin; Nullarbor; Organic matter; Stalagmite; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; NULLARBOR; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STALAGMITE; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LIGNIN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LIGNIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHENOL; STALAGMITE; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; NULLARBOR PLAIN;

EID: 78649442881     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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