Alkenones are common in prairie lakes of interior Canada

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 707-712

  Toney, Jaime L ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^b   Huang, Yongsong ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; DEEP WATER; ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE CHARACTERISTICS; LONG CHAINS; LONG-TERM POTENTIAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRAIRIE LAKE; SALINE LAKE; SEDIMENT COLUMN; SPRING WATER; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; LIFE CYCLE; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVEYS; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKES;

ALGA; ALKENONE; ANOXIC SEDIMENT; DEEP WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIPID; MEROMICTIC LAKE; PRAIRIE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; TETRA;

EID: 79960896065     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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