Gas chromatographic analysis of methanol and ethanol in marine sediment pore waters: Validation and implementation of three pretreatment techniques

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 160, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-90

  Zhuang, Guang Chao ^a,b   Lin, Yu Shih ^a,c   Elvert, Marcus ^a   Heuer, Verena B ^a   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Ocean University of China   (China)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Ethanol; Fermentation; Marine sediment; Methanogenesis; Methanol; Pore water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894028413     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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