An isotopic biogeochemical study of Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian sediments from the Centralian Superbasin, Australia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5391-5409

  Logan, Graham A ^a,b   Summons, Roger E ^b   Hayes, John M ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ASPHALT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; PRISTANE; SEA WATER; TERPENE;

BIOMARKER; CAMBRIAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEROZOIC;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FECES; FOSSIL; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ALGAE; ALKANES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CYANOBACTERIA; FECES; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; TERPENES; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA, AMADEUS BASIN; AUSTRALIA, OFFICER BASIN;

EID: 0031429503     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00290-1     Document Type: Article

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