Ether lipids from the lower and middle triassic at Qingyan, Guizhou Province, Southern China

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-42

  Saito, Ryosuke ^a   Oba, Masahiro ^a   Kaiho, Kunio ^a   Maruo, Chikako ^a   Fujibayashi, Megumu ^a   Chen, Jing ^b   Chen, Zhong Qiang ^b   Tong, Jinnan ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBONATE ROCK; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; SOUTHERN CHINA; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEA;

DEPOSITS; MICROORGANISMS;

LIPIDS;

ETHER; LIPID; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHALE; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; GANSU; QINGYANG;

EID: 84875781653     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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