Molecular proxies as indicators of freshwater incursion-driven salinity stratification

Chemical Geology

Volumn 409, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-68

  Tulipani, Svenja ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Greenwood, Paul F ^a,b   Schwark, Lorenz ^a,c   Böttcher, Michael E ^d   Summons, Roger E ^e   Foster, Clinton B ^b,f  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

MTTCs; Photic zone euxinia; Salinity stratification

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MTTCS; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; PHOTIC ZONE EUXINIA; PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC MATTERS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALINITY STRATIFICATION; TERRIGENOUS INPUTS;

WATER;

DEVONIAN; FRESHWATER; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHOTIC ZONE; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84931287671     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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