STEROLS AS BIOGEOCHEMICAL MARKERS IN PLIOCENE SEDIMENTS AND THEIR POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MARINE FACIES

Authors
ROUSSEAU L KERAUDREN B PEPE C LAURENT M BLANC JJ
Citation
L. Rousseau et al., STEROLS AS BIOGEOCHEMICAL MARKERS IN PLIOCENE SEDIMENTS AND THEIR POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MARINE FACIES, Quaternary science reviews, 14(6), 1995, pp. 605-608
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary",Geology
Journal title
Quaternary science reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
02773791
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
605 - 608
Database
ISI
SICI code
0277-3791(1995)14:6<605:SABMIP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Several calcarenite samples from Mezapos area (South Peloponnesus, Gre ece) have been studied biochemically by extracting the sterols trapped during the sedimentation. The results have shown that specific compou nds deposited in Pliocene sediments can be preserved far up to ca. 3,0 00,000 years. These markers therefore provide an indication of marine facies and may be used to determine the limit of a marine transgressio n.