A molecular stable carbon isotope study of organic matter in immature Miocene Monterey sediments, Pismo basin

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2065-2082

  Schouten, Stefan ^a   Schoell, Martin ^b   Rijpstra, W Irene C ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a   De Leeuw, Jan W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, NAPLES BEACH; USA, CALIFORNIA, SHELL BEACH;

EID: 0030753538     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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