Variability of tetraether lipids in Yellow River-dominated continental margin during the past eight decades: Implications for organic matter sources and river channel shifts

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-39

  Wu, Weichao ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Pei, Yandong ^b   Ding, Weihua ^c   Yang, Huan ^c   Xu, Yunping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; END MEMBER MIXING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER SOURCE; STIMULATION MECHANISM; YELLOW RIVER MOUTH;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GLYCEROL; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

RIVERS;

ABUNDANCE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ETHER; INDEX METHOD; LIPID; MICROORGANISM; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84878346893     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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