Distribution of intact and core tetraether lipids in water column profiles of suspended particulate matter off Cape Blanc, NW Africa

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Basse, Andreas ^a,b   Zhu, Chun ^b   Versteegh, Gerard J M ^b   Fischer, Gerhard ^b   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^b   Mollenhauer, Gesine ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; GDGT; In situ production; Intact polar lipids; Nepheloid layers; NW Africa; Oxygen minimum zone; Suspendet particulate matter; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ARCHAEA; GDGT; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; NEPHELOID LAYERS; NW-AFRICA; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAR LIPIDS; UPWELLING;

SURFACE WATERS;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

AFRICA; CAPE BLANC;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 84900481174     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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