Transport of branched tetraether lipids from the Tagus River basin to the coastal ocean of the Portuguese margin: Consequences for the interpretation of the MBT'/CBT paleothermometer

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5637-5655

  Zell, C ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Balsinha, M ^b   Dorhout, D ^a   Fernandes, C ^b   Baas, M ^a   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Portuguese Hydrographic Office   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE BASIN; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; TAGUS BASIN;

EID: 84908054179     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-5637-2014     Document Type: Article

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