Constraints on the sources of branched tetraether membrane lipids in distal marine sediments

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-22

  Weijers, Johan W H ^a   Schefuß, Enno ^b   Kim, Jung Hyun ^c   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a,c   Schouten, Stefan ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branched tetraether; Dust; Marine surface sediment

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CYCLIZATION; DUST; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; METHYLATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

BRANCHED TETRAETHER; COASTAL MARINE SEDIMENTS; DEGREE OF METHYLATIONS; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MARINE SURFACES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; DUST; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEMBRANE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84901024041     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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