Productivity-induced sulphur enrichment of hydrocarbon-rich sediments from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-288

  Lallier Verges E ^a   Hayes, J M ^b   Boussafir, M ^a   Zaback, D A ^b   Tribovillard, N P ^c   Connan, J ^d   Bertrand, P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d TOTAL   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biological processes; Kimmeridge Clay; Oil shale; Organic sulphur; Pyrite; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CARBON; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGE CLAY; KIMMERIDGE CLAY FORMATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SULPHUR ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARBON; ENGLAND; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN; NORTH SEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 0030990566     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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