Distribution and carbon isotope composition of lipid biomarkers in Lake Erhai and Lake Gahai sediments on the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-455

  Tuo, Jincai ^a   Wu, Chenjun ^a,b   Zhang, Mingfeng ^a   Chen, Ru ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; Lake Erhai and Lake Gahai; Lake Qinghai; Lake sediments; Lipid biomarkers; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EPICUTICULAR WAXES; HIGHER PLANTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAKE WATERS; LIPID BIOMARKERS; LITTORAL ZONE; LONG CHAIN N-ALKANES; MACROPHYTES; N-ALKANES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FATTY ACID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC CARBON; SALINITY;

CHINA; ERHAI LAKE; GAHAI LAKE; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUNNAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 80052372902     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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