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 |