Organic carbon and pyrite sulphur relationships as evidences of bottom water conditions of sedimentation, Albert Formation fine-grained lacustrine sediments, New Brunswick, Canada

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-90

  Chowdhury, Ali H ^a,b   Noble, James P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Environ Plan and Sciences Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon sulphur relationships; Lacustrine sediments; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER CONDITION; BOTTOM WATER CONDITIONS; CARBON; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; SULPHUR;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 0029749929     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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