An Isotopic Study of an Andean Watershed: Carbon Cycling in the Rio Beni

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dc.contributorBubier, Jill
dc.contributorPlata, Desiree
dc.contributor.advisorDickens, Angela F.
dc.contributor.authorKnudsen, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-08T17:52:36Z
dc.date.available2011-06-08T17:52:36Z
dc.date.gradyear2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-06-08
dc.description.abstractThe Rio Beni of Bolivia travels through an extreme altitude range, from its source in the Andes Mountains down to the Amazonian lowlands. The movement of organic carbon (OC) through its watershed is of particular interest due to the river’s sequestration of massive amounts of OC in its foreland basin through sediment burial associated with La Niña climate cycles. In this study, lipids, specifically long-chain n-alkanoic acids (fatty acids) from plant waxes, were used as biomarkers (tracers) for plant-derived OC.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipChemistryen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/880
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.holderAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.restrictedpublic
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
dc.subjectchemistryen_US
dc.subjectgeochemistryen_US
dc.subjectbiogeochemistryen_US
dc.subjectlipiden_US
dc.subjectfatty aciden_US
dc.subjectbiomarkeren_US
dc.subjectproxyen_US
dc.subjectBoliviaen_US
dc.subjectcarbon cycleen_US
dc.titleAn Isotopic Study of an Andean Watershed: Carbon Cycling in the Rio Benien_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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