Assessing the distribution of sedimentary C40 carotenoids through time

Geobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-151

  French, K L ^a,c   Rocher, D ^b   Zumberge, J E ^b   Summons, R E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Chalkyfold Grove Lane   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CAROTENOID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOGENE; PHANEROZOIC; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; PLANT EXTRACT; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHROMATIACEAE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID;

CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SEDIMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922729068     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12126     Document Type: Article

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