Evaluating highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) biomarkers as a novel Antarctic sea-ice proxy in deep ocean glacial age sediments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-98

  Collins, Lewis G ^a   Allen, Claire S ^b   Pike, Jennifer ^c   Hodgson, Dominic A ^b   Weckström, Kaarina ^d   Massé, Guillaume ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Glacial; Highly branched isoprenoid alkenes; Scotia Sea; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

DEEP OCEAN SEDIMENTS; DIATOMS; GEOMAGNETIC PALAEOINTENSITY; GLACIAL; HIGHLY BRANCHED ISOPRENOID; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE CONTROL; ISOMERS; LIPIDS; OLEFINS; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUALITY CONTROL; REPAIR; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ICE;

ALKENE; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE FORCING; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DIATOM; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CORE; ISOPRENOID; MICROFOSSIL; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84885948048     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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