Sources and distributions of branched tetraether lipids and crenarchaeol along the Portuguese continental margin: Implications for the BIT index

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-44

  Zell, Claudia ^a,b   Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Dorhout, Denise ^a   Baas, Marianne ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BIT index; Branched GDGT; Carbon transport; Crenarchaeol; Portuguese coast

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ETHER; ISOPRENOID; LIPID; ORGANIC CARBON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; DOURO ESTUARY; ESTREMADURA [PORTUGAL]; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 84921908513     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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