Factors governing organic matter accumulation and preservation in a marine petroleum source rock from the Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous Exshaw Formation, Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 474-494

  Caplan, Mark L ^a   Marc Bustin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BATHYMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SHALE;

EXSHAW SHALES; MARINE ORGANICS; MARINE PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCK; OPTICAL PETROGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER ACCUMULATION; ORGANIC MATTER PROXYING ELEMENTS; PALEOBATHYMETRY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ANOXIA; DIAGENESIS; GRAIN SIZE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0030236020     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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