Impact of river channel shifts on tetraether lipids in the RhÔne prodelta (NW Mediterranean): Implication for the BIT index as an indicator of palaeoflood events

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-108

  Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Buscail, Roselyne ^b   Fanget, Anne Sophie ^b,e   Eyrolle Boyer, Frédérique ^c   Bassetti, Maria Angela ^b   Dorhout, Denise ^a   Baas, Marianne ^a   Berné, Serge ^b,d   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BIT index; GDGTs; Palaeoflood; Rh ne prodelta

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BIT INDICES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MATERIALS; CONTINENTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; GDGTS; PALAEOFLOOD; PRODELTA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LIPID; PALEOFLOOD; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT CORE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84904870033     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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