Isotope study on organic nitrogen of Westphalian anthracites from the Western middle field of Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) and from the Bramsche Massif (Germany)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3 -3 pt 1, 1998, Pages 315-323

  Ader, Magali ^a   Boudou, Jean Paul ^a   Javoy, Marc ^a   Goffé, Bruno ^b   Daniels, Eric ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracite; Coal; Gold cell; Isotope; Kerogen; Metamorphism; Nitrogen; North Germany; Pennsylvania

Indexed keywords

COAL; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOTOPES; KEROGEN; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NITROGEN; PETROLOGY; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL CYCLING;

ANTHRACITIZATION; DENITROGENATION; GOLD CELL; WESTPHALIAN ANTHRACITES;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANTHRACITE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; WESTPHALIAN;

GERMANY;

EID: 0032426710     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00072-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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