Lipid taphonomy in the Proterozoic and the effect of microbial mats on biomarker preservation

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-106

  Pawlowska, Maria M ^a   Butterfield, Nicholas J ^a   Brocks, Jochen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; PLANKTON; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOMARKER ASSEMBLAGE; BIOMARKER RECORDS; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL LIPIDS; PRIMARY SOURCES; SHALLOW WATER SEDIMENTS; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES;

BIOMARKERS;

BENTHOS; BIOMARKER; BIOTURBATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL RECORD; LIPID; MICROBIAL MAT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; PROTEROZOIC; TAPHONOMY;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84873444035     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33525.1     Document Type: Article

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