Alkenone δD as an ecological indicator: A culture and field study of physiologically-controlled chemical and hydrogen-isotopic variation in C37 alkenones

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-182

  Wolhowe, Matthew D ^a   Prahl, Fredrick G ^a   Langer, Gerald ^b   Oviedo, Angela Maria ^c   Ziveri, Patrizia ^c,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIPID; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84928889402     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.034     Document Type: Article

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