Source and distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers along lower Yellow River-estuary-coast transect

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 158, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-26

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

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

BIT; GDGTs; Organic carbon; TEX86; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; ETHER; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY;

EID: 84889609237     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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