Inverse carbon isotope patterns of lipids and kerogen record heterogeneous primary biomass

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-265

  Close, H G ^a   Bovee, R ^a   Pearson, A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIPID; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CARBON ISOTOPE; EUKARYOTE; ISOPRENOID; KEROGEN; LIPID; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRESERVATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROKARYOTE; PROTEROZOIC; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG MIXTURE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FOOD CHAIN; HETEROTROPHY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SEDIMENT;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; LIPIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79955015039     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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