Organic carbon provenance and maturity in the mud breccia from the Napoli mud volcano: Indicators of origin and burial depth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 141-151

  Schulz, H M ^a   Emeis, K C ^a   Volkmann, N ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burial; Mud volcanoes; Organic carbon; Organic materials; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DEPTH; MUD VOLCANO; MUD VOLCANOES; ORGANIC CARBON; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE;

EID: 0031008906     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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