Stable carbon isotope ratios of intact GDGTs indicate heterogeneous sources to marine sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 18-35

  Pearson, Ann ^a   Hurley, Sarah J ^a   Walter, Sunita R Shah ^a   Kusch, Stephanie ^a,c   Lichtin, Samantha ^b   Zhang, Yi Ge ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE SEDIMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84960075295     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.02.034     Document Type: Article

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