Source characterization of sedimentary organic matter using molecular and stable carbon isotopic composition of n-alkanes and fatty acids in sediment core from Lake Dianchi, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 410-421

  Fang, Jidun ^a,b   Wu, Fengchang ^a   Xiong, Yongqiang ^c   Li, Fasheng ^a   Du, Xiaoming ^a   An, Da ^a   Wang, Lifang ^d  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BINZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Lake Dianchi; N Alkanes; Sediment; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CHAINS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; N-ALKANES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER;

FATTY ACIDS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALKANE; CARBON ISOTOPE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POINT SOURCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAKE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

CHINA; DIANCHI LAKE; YUNNAN;

ALGAE;

FATTY ACIDS; LAKE DIANCHI; N-ALKANES; SEDIMENT; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

ALKANES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84891384426     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.066     Document Type: Article

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