Contrasting variations in the structure and stable carbon isotopic composition of botryococcenes through the last glacial-interglacial transition in Lake Masoko (southern Tanzania)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 150-155

  Grossi, Vincent ^a   de Mesmay, Romain ^b   Bardoux, Gérard ^b   Metzger, Pierre ^b   Williamson, David ^c,d   Derenne, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; GLACIAL INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION; LAKE MASOKO; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; SOUTHERN TANZANIA; STABLE CARBON; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; WATER COLUMNS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALKYLATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; ISOTOPES; LAKES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLICITY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GREEN ALGA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METHYLATION; MICROALGA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LAKE MASOKO; MBEYA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII;

EID: 84455202462     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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