Organic geochemical characterization on a seal excrement sediment core from Fildes Peninsula, Western Antarctica

• Main Authors: Jing, Huang, Liguang, Sun, Xinming, Wang, Yuhong, Wang, Tao, Huang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2011
• Subjects: Fauna; King George Island; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2420/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2420/1/A20110207.pdf

Organic geochemical analysis was performed on a sediment core HN1 from Fildes Peninsula on King George Island, Western Antarctica. Short-chain n-alkanes were the main components of the aliphatic hydrocarbons present, and they were likely to be from algae and bacteria; n-C23 was likely derived from m...