Triterpenols in mangrove sediments as a proxy for organic matter derived from the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

• Published in: Organic Geochemistry
• Main Authors: Koch, Boris Peter, Souza Filho, Pedro, Behling, Hermann, Cohen, Marcelo C. L., Kattner, Gerhard, Rullkötter, Jürgen, Scholz Böttcher, Barbara, Lara, Ruben Jose
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Mangrove; Triterpenols; Sediment; Sea-Level; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Oldenburg; Argentino; Behling; Alfred Wegener Institute
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/22287

Mangroves are the dominant type of vegetation along many tropical coasts. Organic matter (OM) derived from mangrove leaf litter and root material is stored in sediments and is a major contributor to the amount and chemical composition of sedimentary OM. A set of organic biomarkers in sediments was a...