Assessing the use of archaeal lipids as marine environmental proxies

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 359-384

  Pearson, Ann ^a   Ingalls, Anitra E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Euryarchaeota; Lipid biomarkers; Marine prokaryotes; Paleothermometry; TEX86; Thaumarchaeota

Indexed keywords

EURYARCHAEOTA; LIPID BIOMARKERS; MARINE PROKARYOTES; PALEOTHERMOMETRY; TEX86; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOMARKER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROKARYOTE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ARCHAEA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84878695090     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-050212-123947     Document Type: Article

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