Environmental significance of mid-to late holocene sapropels in old man lake, coorong coastal plain, south australia: An isotopic, biomarker and palaeoecological perspective

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-26

  McKirdy, David M ^a   Spiro, Baruch ^b,c   Kim, Alexander W ^b   Brenchley, Alan J ^a,d   Hepplewhite, Christopher J ^a,e   Mazzoleni, Antonio G ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d Geoscience Department   (Australia)

^e ACTEW Corporation Limited   (Australia)

^f Optiro Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCE; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; ORGANIC PRESERVATION; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA LEVEL;

LAKES;

BIOMARKER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; HOLOCENE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SAPROPEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA; COORONG; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84875771277     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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