Normal paraffins in shales as an indicator of depositional environment

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4403-4410

  Yamamoto, Koshi ^a   Okada, Takashi ^b   Takayanagi, Yukio ^a   Mimura, Koichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shin Nippon Meteorol O   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN; SHALE;

EID: 0031411298     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00238-X     Document Type: Article

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