Radiocarbon analysis of halophilic microbial lipids from an Australian salt lake

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-109

  Bray, P Sargent ^a   Jones, Claudia M ^b   Fallon, Stewart J ^c   Brocks, Jochen J ^c   George, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Dating; Geochemistry; Hypersaline; Lake Tyrrell; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DATING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYPERSALINE; LATE QUATERNARY; MICROBIAL LIPIDS; MICROBIAL MATS; ORGANIC EXTRACTS; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; RADIOCARBON; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; SALT LAKES; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA; TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOMARKERS; CLAY DEPOSITS; CLIMATOLOGY; CURVE FITTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOMARKER; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LIPID; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE TYRRELL; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84855344409     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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