Biomarkers reveal the role of photic zone euxinia in exceptional fossil preservation: An organic geochemical perspective

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-126

  Melendez, Ines ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Trinajstic, Kate ^a,b   Ladjavardi, Mojgan ^a   Greenwood, Paul ^a,c   Thompson, Katharine ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE CONCRETION; DEVONIANS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; ISOTOPIC VALUES; LOW-MATURITY BIOMARKERS; MASS EXTINCTION; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; PHOTIC ZONE EUXINIA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOFT TISSUE; STERANES; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFUR CYCLES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; CANNING; SULFUR; TISSUE;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CRUSTACEAN; DEVONIAN; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOTIC ZONE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

AUSTRALIA; CANNING BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHLOROBI; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873448611     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33492.1     Document Type: Article

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