Characterisation of an extremely organic sulphur-rich, 150 Ma old carbonaceous rock: Palaeoenvironmental implications

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 371-397

  Van Kaam Peters, Heidy M E ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Branched alkanes; Carotenoids; Euxinic conditions; Hopanoids; Jurassic; Organic sulphur; Palaeolagoon; Pyrolysis; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOMARKERS; CARBON; COMPOSITION; DESULFURIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; PYROLYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CAROTENOIDS; EUXINIC CONDITIONS; HOPANOIDS; STEROIDS;

LIMESTONE;

EID: 0031273417     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00082-X     Document Type: Article

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