Novel biomarker and stable isotopic approaches for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of saline and stratified ecosystems : the modern Coorong Lagoon and Devonian reefs of the Canning Basin

dc.contributor.author	Tulipani, Svenja
dc.contributor.supervisor	Assoc. Prof. Paul Greenwood
dc.contributor.supervisor	Prof. Kliti Grice
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-30T09:46:37Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-30T09:46:37Z
dc.date.created	2014-10-10T06:16:59Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/147
dc.description.abstract	An integrated elemental, biomarker and stable isotope approach was used to explore environmental and ecological changes, particularly of salinity and water-column stratification, in (i) a modern estuarine ecosystem recently impacted by human water management practices and drought; and (ii) a marine palaeoenvironment associated with the Late Devonian extinctions. A pyrolysis method was developed to investigate methyltrimethyltridecylchroman (MTTC) sources and a proxy for reconstruction of freshwater incursion into marine palaeoenvironments based on these biomarkers was introduced.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Curtin University
dc.title	Novel biomarker and stable isotopic approaches for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of saline and stratified ecosystems : the modern Coorong Lagoon and Devonian reefs of the Canning Basin
dc.type	Thesis
dcterms.educationLevel	PhD
curtin.department	Department of Chemistry
curtin.accessStatus	Open access