Sources of core and intact branched tetraether membrane lipids in the lacustrine environment: Anatomy of Lake Challa and its catchment, equatorial East Africa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-126

  Buckles, Laura K ^a   Weijers, Johan W H ^a,d   Verschuren, Dirk ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIPID; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SOIL BIOTA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; LAKE CHALLA; TANZANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84902329365     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.042     Document Type: Article

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