n-Alkane parameters from a deep sea sediment transect off southwest Africa reflect continental vegetation and climate conditions

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-119

  Vogts, Angela ^a   Schefuß, Enno ^b   Badewien, Tanja ^a   Rullkötter, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES; CATCHMENT AREA; CHAIN LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATE CONDITION; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HIGHER LATITUDES; HIGHER PLANTS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MARINE SURFACES; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; N-ALKANES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; PLANT FRACTIONS; PREVAILING WINDS; RIVER OUTFLOW; WEIGHTED MEAN;

CATCHMENTS; CHAIN LENGTH; ISOTOPES; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VEGETATION;

PARAFFINS;

ABUNDANCE; ALKANE; ARIDITY; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84860197592     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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